Transgenic mice carrying the human KRAS oncogene under the control of a thyroglobulin promoter: KRAS expression in thyroids analyzed by in situ hybridization

Oncology Research

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 85-93

  Chiappetta, Gennaro ^a   Fabien, Nicole ^a   Picone, Alessandro ^b   Califano, Daniela ^b   Monaco, Carmen ^c   De Franciscis, Vittorio ^c   Vecchio, Giancarlo ^d   Santelli, Giovanni ^d  

^a Oncologia Sperimentale D   (Italy)

^b CENTRE HOSPITALIER LYON SUD   (France)

^c Ist lo Stud Cura Dei Tumori F   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

in situ hybridization; KRAS; thyroid; transgenic mice

Indexed keywords

AMINOTRIAZOLE; MESSENGER RNA; OLIGODEOXYNUCLEOTIDE; SODIUM PERCHLORATE; THYROGLOBULIN; THYROTROPIN;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CARCINOGENESIS; CELL TRANSFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; ONCOGENE K RAS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; THYROID CARCINOMA; THYROID FOLLICLE CELL; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

EID: 0029927950     PISSN: 09650407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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