Article
Rearrangement and enhanced expression of c-myc in hepatocellular carcinoma of hepatitis virus infected woodchucks.
Nature - 1 Jan 2000
Möröy T, Marchio A, Etiemble J, Trépo C, Tiollais P, Buendia M A
Abstract excerpt
Hepatocellularcarcinoma (HCC) that occur in woodchucks chronically infected with woodchuck hepatitis virus (WHV) were screened for activation of cellular oncogenes. Enhanced expression and allelic alterations of the c-myc oncogene were found in three HCC out of nine. Variations in the size of the...
Topics
- Alleles
- Animals
- Base Sequence
- DNA Restriction Enzymes
- Genes, Viral
- Hepatitis Viruses
- Liver Neoplasms, Experimental
- Marmota
- Nucleic Acid Hybridization
- Oncogenes
- RNA, Messenger
- Transcription, Genetic
