Growth, metastasis, and invasiveness of Drosophila tumors caused by mutations in specific tumor suppressor genes

Development Genes and Evolution

Volumn 207, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 542-550

  Woodhouse, Elisa ^a,b   Hersperger, Evelyn ^a   Shearn, Allen ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Drosophila melanogaster; Lineage analysis; Reporter genes; Tumor suppressor genes

Indexed keywords

BETA GALACTOSIDASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN TUMOR; CANCER INVASION; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EMBRYO; GENE ISOLATION; GENE MUTATION; IMAGINAL DISC; LARVA; METASTASIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUMOR GROWTH; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR GENE;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; BRAIN TISSUE TRANSPLANTATION; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; FEMALE; GENES, TUMOR SUPPRESSOR; INSECT PROTEINS; MUTATION; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; NEOPLASMS, EXPERIMENTAL; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR PROTEINS;

ANIMALIA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; MELANOGASTER;

EID: 0031893101     PISSN: 0949944X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004270050145     Document Type: Article

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