Organochlorine pesticide triggers stimulation of c-Src dependent HER1-ERK 1/2 signaling pathway in mammary gland and N-methyl-N-nitrosourea (NMU)-induced mammary tumors in rats?.

DELFINA PEÑA; CAROLINA PONTILLO; MARÍA ALEJANDRA GARCÍA; CLAUDIA COCCA; LAURA ALVAREZ; ISABEL FRAHM; VICTORIA LUX LANTOS; ROSA BERGOC; DIANA KLEIMAN DE PISAREV; ANDREA RANDI

Dresden, Alemania

Congreso; 46th Congress of the European Societies of Toxicology EUROTOX 2009; 2009

Sociedades Europeas de Toxicología

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