A gene for susceptibility to small intestinal cancer, ssic1, maps to the distal part of mouse chromosome 4.

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A gene for susceptibility to small intestinal cancer, ssic1, maps to the distal part of mouse chromosome 4.

Cancer research - 15 Jul 1995

Fijneman R J, Demant P

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Mouse inbred strains B10.O20 and O20 were used to study the genetics of susceptibility to small intestinal cancer. Strain B10.O20 is susceptible to tumors of the small intestine induced by a transplacental treatment with the carcinogen N-ethyl-N-nitrosourea on day 18 of gestation, whereas strain...

Topics

Animals
Chromosome Mapping
Ethylnitrosourea
Female
Genotype
Haplotypes
Intestinal Neoplasms
Intestine, Small
Male
Mice
Mice, Inbred C57BL
Mice, Inbred Strains
Pregnancy
Prenatal Exposure Delayed Effects

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