Problems of somatic mutation and cancer

BioEssays

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 291-299

  Frank, Steven A ^a   Nowak, Martin A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOACCUMULATION; CANCER; CANCER CELL; CANCER GROWTH; CELL DIVISION; CELL LINEAGE; CHROMOSOME MUTATION; GENE TRANSFER; MALIGNANT TRANSFORMATION; MUTATION RATE; POINT MUTATION; REVIEW; SOMATIC MUTATION;

CELL LINEAGE; CELL TRANSFORMATION, NEOPLASTIC; EPITHELIUM; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; POINT MUTATION; REGENERATION; STEM CELLS;

EID: 1542374198     PISSN: 02659247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bies.20000     Document Type: Review

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