Expansion of mutant stem cell populations in the human colon

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 178, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 381-385

  Bjerknes, Matthew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CELL CLONE; CELL MUTANT; CELL POPULATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; COLON CARCINOGENESIS; COLON MUCOSA; HUMAN; INTESTINE CRYPT; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MUTATION RATE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEM CELL;

EID: 0029981385     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jtbi.1996.0034     Document Type: Article

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