Inhibition of tumor promoter induced transformation by expression of the small GTP-binding protein Rac in JB6 cells

International Journal of Oncology

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 157-161

  Dong, Zigang ^a   Ding, Ming ^b   Ma, Wei Y A ^a   Colburn, Nancy H ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b CENTER FOR DRUG EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell transformation; Rac; Tumor promoter

Indexed keywords

EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; PHORBOL 13 ACETATE 12 MYRISTATE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL STRAIN 3T3; CELL TRANSFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDERMIS CELL; MALIGNANT TRANSFORMATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SERUM;

EID: 0030742334     PISSN: 10196439     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3892/ijo.11.1.157     Document Type: Article

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