The mysterious steps in carcinogenesis

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 101, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 379-380

  Brash, D ^a   Cairns, J ^b,c  

^a YALE CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3 METHYLCHOLANTHRENE; BENZ[A]ANTHRACENE DERIVATIVE; DNA; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; CARCINOGENESIS; CIGARETTE SMOKING; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPAIR; EDITORIAL; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT;

ANIMALS; HEAT-SHOCK PROTEINS; HUMANS; MUTATION; NEOPLASMS;

EID: 68149098798     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: 15321827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6605171     Document Type: Editorial

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