Morphological phenotypes in neoplastic progression of human breast epithelial cells

Journal of Submicroscopic Cytology and Pathology

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 83-96

  Calaf, Gloria ^a   Russo, J ^b   Tait, L ^a,d   Estrada, S ^a,e   Alvarado, M E ^c  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^b FOX CHASE CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DEL ZULIA   (Venezuela)

^d KARMANOS CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

Author keywords

c Ha ras oncogene; Carcinogens; Human breast epithelial cells; Transformation; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

7,12 DIMETHYLBENZ[A]ANTHRACENE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BREAST; BREAST TUMOR; CELL TRANSFORMATION; CYTOLOGY; EPITHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; GENETICS; HUMAN; MOUSE; MOUSE MUTANT; ONCOGENE RAS; PATHOLOGY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

9,10-DIMETHYL-1,2-BENZANTHRACENE; ANIMALS; BREAST; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CELL TRANSFORMATION, NEOPLASTIC; EPITHELIAL CELLS; FEMALE; GENES, RAS; HUMANS; MICE; MICE, SCID; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; TRANSFECTION;

EID: 0033656917     PISSN: 11229497     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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