Increased cell division contributes to carcinogenesis by both gene mutation and aneuploidy

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 992-993

  Zhang, Feng ^a   Zhao, Daqing ^a   Li, Qing ^a  

^a FOURTH MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGING; ANEUPLOIDY; CARCINOGENESIS; CELL DIVISION; CELL KILLING; CELL RENEWAL; DIPLOIDY; DNA STRAND; DNA SYNTHESIS; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEM CELL; TELOMERE;

ANEUPLOIDY; ANIMALS; CELL DIVISION; HUMANS; MODELS, GENETIC; MUTATION; NEOPLASMS;

EID: 33746264993     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2006.04.004     Document Type: Letter

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