A Genetic Porcine Model of Cancer.

A Genetic Porcine Model of Cancer.

The large size of the pig and its similarity in anatomy, physiology, metabolism, and genetics to humans make it an ideal platform to develop a genetically defined, large animal model of cancer. To this end, we created a transgenic "oncopig" line encoding Cre recombinase inducible porcine t...

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Main Authors: Lawrence B Schook, Tiago V Collares, Wenping Hu, Ying Liang, Fernanda M Rodrigues, Laurie A Rund, Kyle M Schachtschneider, Fabiana K Seixas, Kuldeep Singh, Kevin D Wells, Eric M Walters, Randall S Prather, Christopher M Counter
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4488487?pdf=render

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