An error catastrophe in cancer?

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 228, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 47-54

  Solé, Ricard V ^a,b   Deisboeck, Thomas S ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

^b SANTA FE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer; Error threshold; Genetic instability; Genomic instability; Phase transitions; Quasispecies; RNA viruses; Tumor progression

Indexed keywords

CANCER;

ARTICLE; CANCER CELL; CANCER GROWTH; CELL INTERACTION; CELL POPULATION; MALIGNANT TRANSFORMATION; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MICROSATELLITE INSTABILITY; PHASE TRANSITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUMOR GROWTH;

ANIMALS; CELL DIVISION; DISEASE PROGRESSION; MODELS, GENETIC; MUTATION; NEOPLASMS; RNA VIRUSES;

GENETTA; RNA VIRUSES;

EID: 1842581858     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2003.08.018     Document Type: Article

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