Prospects for skin cancer treatment and prevention: The potential contribution of an engineered virus

Journal of Investigative Dermatology

Volumn 131, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 559-561

  Cafardi, Jennifer A ^a   Shafi, Rubina ^a   Athar, Mohammad ^a,b   Elmets, Craig A ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^c BIRMINGHAM VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE;

BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; BIOENGINEERING; CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER THERAPY; CHLORELLA VIRUS; DIET; DNA DAMAGE; HUMAN; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NON MELANOMA SKIN CANCER; NUCLEAR LOCALIZATION SIGNAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SKIN CANCER; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION;

EID: 79951479419     PISSN: 0022202X     EISSN: 15231747     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/jid.2010.394     Document Type: Note

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