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[Cancer genetics of TSC2 gene mutant(Eker) rat model].
Nihon rinsho. Japanese journal of clinical medicine - 1 Jun 2000
Hino O
Abstract excerpt
Cancer is a heritable disorder of somatic cells. Environment and heredity both operate in the origin of human cancer. Hereditary cancers have been important in the understanding of carcinogenesis, and have pointed to the first tumor suppressor genes. Such a hereditary cancer was described in the rat by Reidar Eker in 1954. The Eker rat model of hereditary renal carcinoma is an example of a Mendelian dominantly...
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