Testicular cancer susceptibility in the 129.MOLF-Chr19 mouse strain: Additive effects, gene interactions and epigenetic modifications

Human Molecular Genetics

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 389-398

  Youngren, Kirsten K ^a   Nadeau, Joseph H ^a   Matin, Angabin ^b  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER SUSCEPTIBILITY; CHROMOSOME 19; CHROMOSOME SUBSTITUTION; CONGENIC STRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DNA MODIFICATION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; GENE CONTROL; GENE INTERACTION; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GERM CELL TUMOR; MALE; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOLID TUMOR; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS CANCER; TESTIS DEVELOPMENT;

ANIMALS; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CROSSES, GENETIC; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALE; MICE; MICE, CONGENIC; PHENOTYPE; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTICULAR NEOPLASMS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0037440729     PISSN: 09646906     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hmg/ddg036     Document Type: Review

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