Genetic alterations in human tumors

Current Topics in Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 221, Issue , 1997, Pages 149-176

  Cho, K R ^a   Hedrick, L ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER; CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION; DNA METHYLATION; DNA REPAIR; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HUMAN; ONCOGENE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR GENE;

EID: 0031060231     PISSN: 0070217X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-60505-5_7     Document Type: Review

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