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A mouse model of human oral-esophageal cancer.
The Journal of clinical investigation - 1 Sept 2002
Opitz Oliver G, Harada Hideki, Suliman Yasir, Rhoades Ben, Sharpless Norman E, Kent Ralph, Kopelovich Levy, Nakagawa Hiroshi, Rustgi Anil K
Abstract excerpt
Squamous cancers of the oral cavity and esophagus are common worldwide, but no good genetically based animal model exists. A number of environmental factors as well as genetic alterations have been identified in these cancers, yet the specific combination of genetic events required for cancer progression remains unknown. The Epstein-Barr virus ED-L2 promoter (L2) can be used to target genes in a specific fashion...
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