Somatic activation of the K-ras oncogene causes early onset lung cancer in mice

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Somatic cellBiologyGeneOncogeneCancer researchAlleleGermlineLung cancerGermline mutationMutationTransgeneCarcinogenesisGenetically modified mouseTumor suppressor geneCancerGeneticsMedicinePathologyCell cycle

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Year: 2001
Type: article
Volume: 410
Issue: 6832
Pages: 1111-1116
Citations: 1168
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                                    Leisa Johnson, 
                                
                                    Kim L. Mercer, 
                                
                                    Doron C. Greenbaum
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (2001). 
                            Somatic activation of the K-ras oncogene causes early onset lung cancer in mice. 
                            Nature
                            , 410
                            (6832)
                            , 1111-1116.
                            https://doi.org/10.1038/35074129
                        

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DOI: 10.1038/35074129