Early parity significantly elevates mammary tumor incidence in MMTV-c-myc transgenic mice

Transgenic Research

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 747-750

  Jamerson, M Hunter ^a   Johnson, Michael D ^a   Furth, Priscilla A ^a   Dickson, Robert B ^a  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

c myc; Mammary gland; Mouse mammary tumor virus; Pregnancy; Transgenic mice; Tumorigenesis

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BREEDING; EXPERIMENTAL NEOPLASM; FEMALE; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOUSE; MOUSE MAMMARY TUMOR ONCOVIRUS; ONCOGENE MYC; PATHOLOGY; PREGNANCY; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; UDDER;

ANIMALS; BREEDING; FEMALE; GENES, MYC; MAMMARY GLANDS, ANIMAL; MAMMARY NEOPLASMS, EXPERIMENTAL; MAMMARY TUMOR VIRUS, MOUSE; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; PREGNANCY;

ANIMALIA; MOUSE MAMMARY TUMOR VIRUS; MURINAE; MUS MUSCULUS; ONCOVIRINAE;

EID: 0347062410     PISSN: 09628819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:TRAG.0000005247.69329.ca     Document Type: Article

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