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Mutant K-ras promotes carcinogen-induced murine colorectal tumourigenesis, but does not alter tumour chromosome stability.
The Journal of pathology - 1 Feb 2011
Luo Feijun, Poulogiannis George, Ye Hongtao, Hamoudi Rifat, Zhang Wenyan, Dong Gehong, Arends Mark J
Abstract excerpt
K-ras (KRAS) mutations are observed in around 40% of human colorectal adenomas and carcinomas. Previously, we developed and characterized a strain of transgenic mice with inducible intestinal epithelial expression of K-ras{Val12} via a Cre/LoxP system. To evaluate the influence of mutant K-ras on carcinogen-induced colorectal tumourigenesis, we induced neoplastic alterations in the large intestines of wild-type...
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