Article
Functional loss of tumour suppressor genes in multistage chemical carcinogenesis.
Princess Takamatsu symposia - 1 Jan 1991
Balmain A, Kemp C J, Burns P A, Stoler A B, Fowlis D J, Akhurst R J
Abstract excerpt
Studies of multistage carcinogenesis in mouse skin have provided many of the early concepts of tumour initiation, promotion and progression. Genetic approaches have led to the identification of a number of mutational alterations in proto-oncogenes and tumour suppressor genes which take place at s...
Topics
- Animals
- Carcinoma
- Carcinoma, Squamous Cell
- Cell Transformation, Neoplastic
- Genes, Tumor Suppressor
- Genes, ras
- Humans
- Mice
- Mutation
- Proto-Oncogene Mas
- Skin Neoplasms
- Transforming Growth Factor beta
