Genetic interaction between Rb and K-ras in the control of differentiation and tumor suppression

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 24, Issue 23, 2004, Pages 10406-10415

  Takahashi, Chiaki ^a,b,d   Contreras, Bernardo ^a,b   Bronson, Roderick T ^b,c   Loda, Massimo ^a,b   Ewen, Mark E ^a,b  

^a DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d KYOTO UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RETINOBLASTOMA PROTEIN;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ALLELE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CANCER INHIBITION; CELL CYCLE S PHASE; CELL DEATH; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; FEMALE; GENE INTERACTION; HETEROZYGOSITY LOSS; HYPOPHYSIS TUMOR; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; LIFESPAN; MALE; MOUSE; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; ONCOGENE K RAS; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SURVIVAL RATE; TUMOR VOLUME;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; BROMODEOXYURIDINE; CELL CYCLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELLS, CULTURED; COLORING AGENTS; CROSSES, GENETIC; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, NEOPLASTIC; GENES, RAS; GENOTYPE; HETEROZYGOTE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUTATION; MYOD PROTEIN; NEOPLASMS; PITUITARY GLAND; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN BINDING; RETINOBLASTOMA PROTEIN; RIBONUCLEASES; TIME FACTORS; TRANS-ACTIVATION (GENETICS); TRANSGENES;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 8644240914     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.24.23.10406-10415.2004     Document Type: Article

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