Orthotopic xenografting of human luciferase-tagged malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor cells for in vivo testing of candidate therapeutic agents

Journal of Visualized Experiments

Volumn , Issue 49, 2011, Pages

  Turk, Amy N ^a   Byer, Stephanie J ^a   Zinn, Kurt R ^b   Carroll, Steven L ^a,c  

^a University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^b University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

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EID: 80051701785     PISSN: 1940087X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3791/2558     Document Type: Article

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