Metallothionein crypt-restricted immunopositivity indices (MTCRII) correlate with aberrant crypt foci (ACF) in mouse colon

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 92, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 2160-2165

  Donnelly, E T ^a   Bardwell, H ^b   Thomas, G A ^b,d   Williams, E D ^b   Hoper, M ^a   Crowe, P ^a   McCluggage, W G ^a   Stevenson, M ^a   Phillips, D H ^c   Hewer, A ^c   Osborne, M R ^c   Campbell, F C ^a,d  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^d SINGLETON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Mixture; Mutation; Stem cell

Indexed keywords

CARRAGEENAN; METALLOTHIONEIN; METHYLNITROSOUREA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; COLON; COLON CARCINOGENESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPT CELL; FEMALE; MOUSE; MUTATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPORTER GENE;

ANIMALS; CELL TRANSFORMATION, NEOPLASTIC; COLON; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; METALLOTHIONEIN; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MUTAGENS; MUTATION; STEM CELLS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 22044452568     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6602633     Document Type: Article

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