Promotion of skin carcinogenesis by dimethylarsinic acid in keratin (K6)/ODC transgenic mice

Japanese Journal of Cancer Research

Volumn 91, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 579-581

  Morikawa, Takashi ^a   Wanibuchi, Hideki ^a   Morimura, Keiichirou ^a   Ogawa, Motome ^a   Fukushima, Shoji ^a  

^a OSAKA CITY UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

DMA; K6 ODC transgenic mice; ODC; Skin carcinogenesis

Indexed keywords

7,12 DIMETHYLBENZ[A]ANTHRACENE; ACETONE; CACODYLIC ACID; DRUG VEHICLE; KERATIN; ORNITHINE DECARBOXYLASE; PHORBOL 13 ACETATE 12 MYRISTATE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HAIR FOLLICLE; KERATINOCYTE; METABOLITE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN; SKIN CARCINOGENESIS; SKIN TUMOR; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; TUMOR PROMOTION;

EID: 0033924258     PISSN: 09105050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1349-7006.2000.tb00984.x     Document Type: Article

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