Colon-specific tumorigenesis in mice driven by Cre-mediated inactivation of Apc and activation of mutant Kras

Cancer Letters

Volumn 347, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 191-195

  Byun, Alexander J ^a   Hung, Kenneth E ^b   Fleet, James C ^c   Bronson, Roderick T ^d   Mason, Joel B ^a   Garcia, Paloma E ^a   Crott, Jimmy W ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PFIZER INC   (United States)

^c PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Adenoma; Apc; Colorectal cancer; Kras; Mouse model; Tumor

Indexed keywords

ADENOMA; APC; COLORECTAL CANCER; KRAS; MOUSE MODEL; TUMOR;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; DNA PRIMERS; GENES, APC; GENES, RAS; INTEGRASES; MICE; MUTATION;

EID: 84898420195     PISSN: 03043835     EISSN: 18727980     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.canlet.2014.03.004     Document Type: Article

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