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Inheritance of susceptibility to induction of nephroblastomas in the Noble rat.
Differentiation; research in biological diversity - 1 Apr 2009
Diwan Bhalchandra A, Timofeeva Olga, Rice Jerry M, Yang Yili, Sharma Nirmala, Fortini Mark E, Wang Honghe, Perantoni Alan O
Abstract excerpt
Noble (Nb) strain rats are susceptible to nephroblastoma induction with transplacental exposure to direct-acting alkylating agent N-nitrosoethylurea (ENU), while F344 strain rats are highly resistant. To study the inheritance of susceptibility to induction of these embryonal renal tumors, fetal Nb and F344 rats and F1, F2 and reciprocal backcross hybrids were exposed transplacentally to ENU once on day 18 of...
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