Article
The molecular progression of plutonium-239-induced rat lung carcinogenesis: Ki-ras expression and activation.
Molecular carcinogenesis - 1 Jan 1991
Stegelmeier B L, Gillett N A, Rebar A H, Kelly G
Abstract excerpt
Specific, transforming point mutations of ras and alterations in ras expression have been associated with many neoplastic processes, and their presence may be pivotal in neoplastic transformation. Our objective were to evaluate the molecular and genetic alterations of Ki-ras in preneoplastic foci and neoplasms in the lungs of rats that inhaled 239PuO2 aerosols. Histologically classified pulmonary lesions were...
Topics
- Animals
- Autoradiography
- Base Sequence
- DNA Probes
- Female
- Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic
- Genes, ras
- Lung Neoplasms
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Mutation
- Plutonium
