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Delayed Tumor Onset in Transgenic Mice Fed a Low-Folate Diet
4 Mar 1992
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BACKGROUND: Transgenic mice carrying the human T-lymphotropic virus type 1 tax1 (transactivator) gene develop peripheral nerve sheath tumors with well-characterized times of onset and tissue involvement. PURPOSE AND METHODS: To evaluate the effect of dietary folic acid on age at tumor onset and on the concentration of folate in tissues and tumors, we bred heterozygous transgenic mice and systematically assigned...
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