Laboratory opossum (Monodelphis domestica) model for melanoma chemoprevention

Journal of Cancer Science and Therapy

Volumn 4, Issue 8, 2012, Pages

  Nair, Hareesh B ^a   VanDeBerg, John L ^a  

^a SOUTHWEST NATIONAL PRIMATE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Animal models; Chemoprevention; Melanoma; Monodelphis domestica; Opossum

Indexed keywords

CARCINOGEN; CYCLIN D1; CYCLIN DEPENDENT KINASE 4; CYCLIN DEPENDENT KINASE INHIBITOR 2A; RETINOBLASTOMA PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR AP 1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR AP 2;

CELL MEMBRANE; CHEMOPROPHYLAXIS; DISEASE COURSE; DISTANT METASTASIS; EDITORIAL; FISH; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GUINEA PIG; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MELANOCYTE; MELANOMA; NONHUMAN; OPOSSUM; RADIATION MUTAGENESIS; SKIN CELL; SKIN DEFECT; SUNLIGHT; SYRIAN HAMSTER; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR GENE; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION;

EID: 84867092759     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19485956     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4172/1948-5956.1000e110     Document Type: Editorial

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