H-ras oncogene activation in invasive UVR-induced corneal sarcomas of the opossum Monodelphis domestica

DNA and Cell Biology

Volumn 16, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 1217-1222

  Kusewitt, Donna F ^a,b   Gale, James M ^a   Sherburn, Tamara E ^a   Tafoya, Gregory B ^a   Ley, Ronald D ^a  

^a LOVELACE RESPIRATORY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Pathology Associates International   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CODON; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA TUMOR; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC CONSERVATION; NONHUMAN; ONCOGENE H RAS; OPOSSUM; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SARCOMA; TUMOR CELL LINE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ANIMALIA; DIDELPHIDAE; MONODELPHIS; MONODELPHIS DOMESTICA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0030724216     PISSN: 10445498     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/dna.1997.16.1217     Document Type: Article

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