Immortalized cells and one oncogene in malignant transformation: Old insights on new explanation

BMC Cell Biology

Volumn 12, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Kavsan, Vadym M ^a   Iershov, Anton V ^a   Balynska, Olena V ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND GENETICS   (Ukraine)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARCINOGENESIS; CARCINOGENICITY; CELL CULTURE; CELL DIVISION; CELL IMMORTALIZATION; CELL STRAIN 3T3; CELL STRAIN HEK293; FIBROBLAST; HUMAN; LETTER; MALIGNANT TRANSFORMATION; NONHUMAN; ONCOGENE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL AGING; CELL TRANSFORMATION; GENETICS; IMMOBILIZED CELL; METABOLISM; MOUSE;

ANIMALIA;

LETMD1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; ONCOPROTEIN;

ANIMALS; CELL AGING; CELL TRANSFORMATION, NEOPLASTIC; CELLS, IMMOBILIZED; HEK293 CELLS; HUMANS; MICE; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS;

EID: 79956212588     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712121     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2121-12-23     Document Type: Letter

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