Dose response evaluation of gene expression profiles in the skin of K6/ODC mice exposed to sodium arsenite

Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology - Tập 227 - Trang 400-416 - 2008
Gene J. Ahlborn1,2, Gail M. Nelson1, William O. Ward1, Geremy Knapp1, James W. Allen1, Ming Ouyang3, Barbara C. Roop1, Yan Chen4, Thomas O'Brien4, Kirk T. Kitchin1, Don A. Delker1
1United States Environmental Protection Agency, National Health and Environmental Effects Research Laboratory, Environmental Carcinogenesis Division, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711, USA
2North Carolina State University, College of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Molecular Biomedical Sciences, Raleigh, NC 27606, USA
3Computer Engineering & Computer Science, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY 40292, USA
4Lankenau Institute for Medical Research, Wynnewood, PA 19096, USA

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