Mechanisms of APC-driven tumorigenesis lessons from mouse models

Cytogenetics and Cell Genetics

Volumn 86, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 105-111

  Fodde, R ^a   Smits, R ^a   Hofland, N ^a   Kielman, M ^a   Meera Khan, P ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; COLON MUCOSA; COLON POLYPOSIS; COLORECTAL CANCER; COLORECTAL TUMOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILIAL CANCER; FAMILIAL POLYPOSIS; GENE INACTIVATION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INBRED STRAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALIA; PYRONIA TITHONUS;

EID: 0032855911     PISSN: 03010171     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000015361     Document Type: Review

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