Expression of inducible and neuronal nitric oxide synthase in 20-methyl cholanthrene (20-MCA) induced fibrosarcoma

Indian Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 315-318

  Sengupta, S ^a   Sanyal, M ^a   Kochupillai, V ^b   Gupta, S K ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b INSTITUTE ROTARY CANCER HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

20MCA; Carcinogenesis; Fibrosarcoma; INOS; Mice; Nitric oxide; NNOS

Indexed keywords

3 METHYLCHOLANTHRENE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CARCINOGENESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; EXPERIMENTAL NEOPLASM; FEMALE; FIBROSARCOMA; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TUMOR VOLUME;

EID: 0032835319     PISSN: 02537613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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