Transfection of human mutated K-ras in mouse NIH-3T3 cells is associated with increased cloning efficiency and DNA aneuploidization

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 67, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 871-875

  Nigro, Stefano ^a   Geido, Elio ^a   Infusini, Edmondo ^a   Orecchia, Roberto ^a   Giaretti, Walter ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b Laboratorio di Bionsica Citometria   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4',6 DIAMIDINO 2 PHENYLINDOLE; ONCOPROTEIN;

ANEUPLOIDY; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL STRAIN 3T3; CLONOGENESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; ONCOGENE K RAS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

3T3 CELLS; ANEUPLOIDY; ANIMALS; CELL DIVISION; GENES, RAS; HUMANS; MICE; POINT MUTATION; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS P21(RAS); TRANSFECTION;

EID: 0029864511     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0215(19960917)67:6<871::AID-IJC18>3.0.CO;2-4     Document Type: Article

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