Methylnitrosourea-induced tumorigenesis in MGMT gene knockout mice

Cancer Research

Volumn 57, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 2415-2418

  Sakumi, Kunihiko ^a   Shiraishi, Akiko ^a   Shimizu, Seiichiro ^b   Tsuzuki, Teruhisa ^a   Ishikawa, Takatoshi ^b   Sekiguchi, Mutsuo ^a,c  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c FUKUOKA DENTAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METHYLNITROSOUREA;

ALKYLATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CARCINOGENESIS; CELL TRANSFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA REPAIR; DNA REPLICATION; DRUG INDUCED CANCER; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE MUTATION; GENE TARGETING; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRUCTURAL GENE; SURVIVAL TIME;

ANIMALS; CARCINOGENS; GENE DOSAGE; LIVER NEOPLASMS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; LYMPHOMA; METHYLNITROSOUREA; METHYLTRANSFERASES; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; O(6)-METHYLGUANINE-DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE; SURVIVAL RATE; THYMUS NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0030972856     PISSN: 00085472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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