THE Ah LOCUS: BIOCHEMICAL BASIS FOR GENETIC DIFFERENCES IN BRAIN TUMOR FORMATION IN MICE

1 Developmental Pharmacology Branch, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20205

Allelic differences at the Ah locus are shown to exist in the mouse brain. This finding probably explains inbred mouse strain differences in polycyclic hydrocarbon tumorigenesis of the brain described more than 35 years ago and may be important in understanding the etiology of genetic differences in certain human intracranial neoplasms.

Submitted on January 3, 1979
Revised on May 16, 1979