Modulation of B16-BL6 murine melanoma metastatic phenotype by tyrosine and phenylalanine restriction in the absence of host selection pressures.

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Modulation of B16-BL6 murine melanoma metastatic phenotype by tyrosine and phenylalanine restriction in the absence of host selection pressures.

Anticancer research - 1 Jan 2000

Elstad C A, Meadows G G

Abstract excerpt

We previously showed that restriction of tyrosine (Tyr) and phenylalanine (Phe) in vivo dramatically suppresses the metastatic phenotype of B16-BL6 (BL6) murine melanoma. Present results indicate a direct effect of Tyr and Phe restriction on the tumor in the absence of host selection pressures. L...

Topics

Animals
Cell Division
Diet
Lung Neoplasms
Melanoma, Experimental
Mice
Phenotype
Phenylalanine
Tyrosine

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