Preneoplastic potential of morphologically distinct transformed foci induced by 3-methylcholanthrene

Environmental and Molecular Mutagenesis

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 369-376

  Keshava, N ^a   Keshava, C ^a   Whong, W Z ^b   Hubbs, A F ^b   Nath, J ^c   Ong, T ^c  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

3 Methylcholanthrene; Balb c 3T3; p53; Proto oncogenes; Transformation

Indexed keywords

3 METHYLCHOLANTHRENE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL STRAIN 3T3; CELL TRANSFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; NONHUMAN; ONCOGENE C FOS; ONCOGENE C JUN; ONCOGENE C MYC; ONCOGENE H RAS; ONCOGENE K RAS; PRECANCER; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR GENE;

EID: 0032445769     PISSN: 08936692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1098-2280(1998)32:4<369::aid-em11>3.0.co;2-%23     Document Type: Article

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