Development of heritable melanoma in transgenic mice

Journal of Investigative Dermatology

Volumn 110, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 247-252

  Zhu, Hua ^a   Reuhl, Kenneth ^a   Zhang, Xin ^a   Botha, Rosanne ^a   Ryan, Kevin ^a   Wei, Joyce ^a   Chen, Suzie ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Insertion mutagenesis; Melanocytes; Spontaneous skin lesions

Indexed keywords

DNA FRAGMENT;

ADIPOCYTE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL GROWTH; FEMALE; GENE INSERTION; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; MALE; MELANOMA; MOUSE; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

EID: 0031893410     PISSN: 0022202X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1747.1998.00133.x     Document Type: Article

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