Hot-spot mutations in the p53 gene of liver nodules induced in rats fed DL-ethionine with a methyl-deficient diet

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 15-20

  Tsujiuchi, T ^a,b   Yeleswarapu, L ^a   Konishi, Y ^b   Lombardi, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NARA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Carcinogenesis; Ethionine; Liver; p53 mutations; Rat

Indexed keywords

ETHIONINE; MUTAGENIC AGENT; POLYADENYLATED RNA; PROTEIN P53;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CODON; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE MUTATION; LIVER; LIVER CARCINOGENESIS; LIVER NODULE; MALE; MUTAGENIC ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY; POINT MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION;

EID: 0031002370     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/bjc.1997.329     Document Type: Article

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