Genomic instability in cancer: Biological and mathematical approaches

Cell Cycle

Volumn 3, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 1079-1083

  Komarova, Natalia L ^a,b  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chromosonal instability; Loss of heterozygocity; Mathematical modeling; Microsatellite instability; Mutator phenotype; Somatic evolution

Indexed keywords

AGING; ANIMAL MODEL; CANCER; CANCER CELL; CANCER RESEARCH; CHROMOSOMAL INSTABILITY; CHROMOSOME LOSS; CONFERENCE PAPER; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENOMIC INSTABILITY; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL GENETICS; MITOTIC RECOMBINATION; MOUSE; MUTATION; NONHUMAN;

EID: 13944252060     PISSN: 15384101     EISSN: 15514005     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/cc.3.8.1024     Document Type: Conference Paper

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