Ecotropic C-type retrovirus of B16 melanoma and malignant transformation of normal melanocytes

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 430-436

  Li, Mengfeng ^a   Xu, Fan ^a   Muller, Jacqueline ^b   Hearing, Vincent J ^c   Gorelik, Elieser ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

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

^c NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE INSERTION; MALIGNANT TRANSFORMATION; MELANOCYTE; MELANOMA; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTO ONCOGENE; RETROVIRUS; VIRUS CARCINOGENESIS; VIRUS CELL TRANSFORMATION; VIRUS GENE;

ANIMALS; CELL TRANSFORMATION, NEOPLASTIC; CELL TRANSFORMATION, VIRAL; GAMMARETROVIRUS; MELANOCYTES; MELANOMA, EXPERIMENTAL; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; PROVIRUSES; RESTRICTION MAPPING;

EID: 0031777602     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0215(19980504)76:3<430::AID-IJC23>3.0.CO;2-D     Document Type: Article

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