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Evolution of somatic mutations in mammary tumors in transgenic mice is influenced by the inherited genotype.
BMC medicine - 15 Jun 2004
Podsypanina Katrina, Li Yi, Varmus Harold E
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: MMTV-Wnt1 transgenic mice develop mammary hyperplasia early in development, followed by the appearance of solitary mammary tumors with a high proportion of cells expressing early lineage markers and many myoepithelial cells. The occurrence of tumors is accelerated in experiments that activate FGF proto-oncogenes or remove the tumor suppressor genes Pten or P53, implying that secondary oncogenic events...
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