Stem cells as common ancestors in a colorectal cancer ancestral tree

Current Opinion in Gastroenterology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 59-63

  Shibata, Darryl ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ancestral trees; Clonal evolution; Molecular clock; Niche; Stem cell

Indexed keywords

CANCER GENETICS; CLONE; COLORECTAL CANCER; EPIGENETICS; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; METHYLATION; REVIEW; SOMATIC CELL; STEM CELL; TUMOR CELL; ZYGOTE;

BIOLOGICAL CLOCKS; CELL DIVISION; CELL LINEAGE; CELL TRANSFORMATION, NEOPLASTIC; CLONE CELLS; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; DNA METHYLATION; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; GENOME, HUMAN; HUMANS; MUTATION; STEM CELLS;

EID: 36549034933     PISSN: 02671379     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MOG.0b013e3282f2a2e9     Document Type: Review

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