Apoptosis is induced by N-myc expression in hepatocytes, a frequent event in hepadnavirus oncogenesis, and is blocked by insulin-like growth factor II

Journal of Virology

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 1375-1383

  Ueda, Keiji ^a   Ganem, Don ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA FRAGMENT; SOMATOMEDIN B; VIRUS DNA;

ANIMAL CELL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL GROWTH; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA INTEGRATION; ETIOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HEPATITIS VIRUS; LIVER CARCINOGENESIS; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; ONCOGENE C MYB; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WOODCHUCK;

EID: 0030028664     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jvi.70.3.1375-1383.1996     Document Type: Article

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