Oral Oncology
Volume 38, Issue 3 , Pages 281-290 , April 2002

Acetaldehyde activates Jun/AP-1 expression and DNA binding activity in human oral keratinocytes

  • Sherry R Timmons

      Affiliations

    • Oral Sciences Graduate Program, B180ML, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA
    • ,
  • Joseph O Nwankwo

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biochemistry, B180ML, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA
    • ,
  • Frederick E Domann

      Affiliations

    • Free Radical and Radiation Biology Graduate Program and Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center, B180ML, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1-319-335-8018; fax: +1-319-335-8039

Received 9 April 2001 ,Accepted 22 April 2001.

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Oral Oncology
Volume 38, Issue 3 , Pages 281-290 , April 2002

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