Expression of c-fos in cultured human nevus cells: An increase over melanocytes and melanoma cells

Experimental Dermatology

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 308-313

  Rallis, Tena M ^a   Larkin, M T ^b   Schmidt, L A ^b   Meyer, L J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

c Fos; Melanocyte; Melanoma; Nevus cells; Proto oncogene

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA;

ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MELANOCYTE; MELANOMA; MELANOMA CELL; NEVUS CELL; ONCOGENE C FOS; ONCOGENE C JUN; PROTO ONCOGENE; SKIN BIOPSY; TUMOR GROWTH;

EID: 0030656179     PISSN: 09066705     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0625.1997.tb00178.x     Document Type: Article

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