High frequency of interactions between lung cancer susceptibility genes in the mouse: mapping of Sluc5 to Sluc14.

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High frequency of interactions between lung cancer susceptibility genes in the mouse: mapping of Sluc5 to Sluc14.

Cancer research - 1 Nov 1998

Fijneman R J, Jansen R C, van der Valk M A, Demant P

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Although several genes that cause monogenic familial cancer syndromes have been identified, susceptibility to sporadic cancer remains unresolved. Animal experiments have demonstrated multigenic control of tumor susceptibility. Recently, we described four mouse lung cancer susceptibility (Sluc) lo...

Topics

Animals
Chromosome Mapping
Female
Genetic Predisposition to Disease
Lung Neoplasms
Male
Mice
Mice, Inbred C57BL

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