Gene mutations and altered gene expression in azoxymethane-induced colon carcinogenesis in rodents

Cancer Science

Volumn 95, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 475-480

  Takahashi, Mami ^a   Wakabayashi, Keiji ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER CENTER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZOXYMETHANE; BETA CATENIN; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2; GENE PRODUCT; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; INDUCIBLE NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; K RAS PROTEIN; NITRIC OXIDE; PROSTAGLANDIN; PROSTAGLANDIN E RECEPTOR; PROSTAGLANDIN E2; PROSTAGLANDIN E3; RECEPTOR SUBTYPE; WNT PROTEIN;

ADENOCARCINOMA; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CODON; COLON CARCINOGENESIS; COLON TUMOR; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; ENZYME INDUCTION; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE MUTATION; GENE TARGETING; INFLAMMATION; INTESTINE CRYPT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTAGLANDIN SYNTHESIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; RECEPTOR DOWN REGULATION; RECEPTOR UPREGULATION; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TUMOR MODEL; TUMOR VOLUME;

ANIMALS; AZOXYMETHANE; BETA CATENIN; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENES, RAS; HUMANS; ISOENZYMES; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MUTATION; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE II; PROSTAGLANDIN-ENDOPEROXIDE SYNTHASES; TRANS-ACTIVATORS;

EID: 3042686803     PISSN: 13479032     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1349-7006.2004.tb03235.x     Document Type: Review

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