Homologous recombination in variants of the B16 murine melanoma with reference to their metastatic potential

Journal of Cellular Biochemistry

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 1-8

  Usmani, B A ^a   Sherbet, G V ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

B16 melanoma; DNA recombination; genomic instability; metastasis; plasmid integration

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; DNA RECOMBINATION; GENOME; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MELANOMA; METASTASIS; PHENOTYPE; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUMOR CELL CULTURE;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; CLONING, MOLECULAR; MELANOMA, EXPERIMENTAL; MICE; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED; VARIATION (GENETICS);

MURINAE;

EID: 0029863696     PISSN: 07302312     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4644(19960401)61:1<1::AID-JCB1>3.0.CO;2-Z     Document Type: Article

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