Development of spontaneous tumours and intestinal lesions in Fhit gene knockout mice

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 91, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 1571-1574

  Fujishita, T ^a   Doi, Y ^b   Sonoshita, M ^a   Hiai, H ^a   Oshima, M ^a   Huebner, K ^c   Croce, C M ^c   Taketo, M M ^a,b  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Apc; Fragile histidine triad gene (FHIT); Intestinal lesions; Intestinal polyps; Tumour suppressor gene; catenin

Indexed keywords

FRAGILE HISTIDINE TRIAD PROTEIN; ACID ANHYDRIDE HYDROLASE; TUMOR PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CANCER INHIBITION; CARCINOGENESIS; FEMALE; GENE INACTIVATION; GENOTYPE; INTESTINE INJURY; INTESTINE MUCOSA; LIVER TUMOR; LYMPHATIC SYSTEM TUMOR; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMALL INTESTINE TUMOR; STOMACH TUMOR; TESTIS TUMOR; UTERUS TUMOR; ANIMAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; GENETICS; INTESTINE TUMOR; LYMPHOMA; METABOLISM; MOUSE MUTANT; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRECANCER; SMALL INTESTINE; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR GENE; UTERUS CANCER;

ACID ANHYDRIDE HYDROLASES; ANIMALS; FEMALE; GENES, TUMOR SUPPRESSOR; INTESTINAL NEOPLASMS; INTESTINE, SMALL; LYMPHOMA; MALE; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; NEOPLASM PROTEINS; PRECANCEROUS CONDITIONS; STOMACH NEOPLASMS; TESTICULAR NEOPLASMS; UTERINE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 7944225154     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6602182     Document Type: Article

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