Selective hyperexpression of c-jun oncoprotein by glass fiber- and silica-transformed BALB/c-3T3 cells

Cancer Letters

Volumn 112, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 65-69

  Huilan, Gao ^a   Brick, James ^a   Shu Hui, Ong ^a   Miller, Michael ^a   Whong, Wen Zong ^b   Tong Man, Ong ^b  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

BALB c 3T3; Cell transformation; Mineral particles; Oncoproteins; Western blotting

Indexed keywords

GLASS FIBER; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; MYC PROTEIN; ONCOPROTEIN; PROTEIN P53; RAS PROTEIN; SILICON DIOXIDE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL STRAIN 3T3; CELL TRANSFORMATION; CHEMICAL CARCINOGENESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; ONCOGENE C ERB; ONCOGENE C JUN; ONCOGENE C MYB; ONCOGENE C MYC; ONCOGENE H RAS; ONCOGENE K RAS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTO ONCOGENE; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR GENE;

EID: 0342710409     PISSN: 03043835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3835(96)04546-6     Document Type: Article

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