Of mice, cats, and men: Is human breast cancer a zoonosis?

Microscopy Research and Technique

Volumn 68, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 197-208

  Szabo, Sara ^a,b   Haislip, Allyson M ^c   Garry, Roberto F ^c,d  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c TULANE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^d TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Betaretroviridae; Breast cancer; Feline; Mouse mammary tumor virus (MMTV)

Indexed keywords

DISEASES; DNA SEQUENCES; MAMMALS; TUMORS;

BETARETROVIRIDA; BREAST CANCER; BREAST CANCER TUMORS; FELINE; GERMLINE; HUMAN BREAST CANCER; HUMAN HOMOLOGUE; INFECTIOUS VIRIONS; MOUSE MAMMARY TUMOR VIRUS;

VIRUSES;

CAPSID PROTEIN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; VIRUS PROTEIN;

BREAST CANCER; BREAST CARCINOGENESIS; CAT; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; MOUSE; MOUSE MAMMARY TUMOR ONCOVIRUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVIEW; SOCIOECONOMICS; VIRUS CARCINOGENESIS; VIRUS CULTURE; VIRUS PARTICLE; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALIA; FELIDAE; MAMMARY TUMOR VIRUS; MIRIDAE; MOUSE MAMMARY TUMOR VIRUS; PRIMATES; RODENTIA;

EID: 28144463684     PISSN: 1059910X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jemt.20232     Document Type: Review

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