Bacteria form biofilms against cancer metastasis

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 72, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 477-478

  Weitao, Tao ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

Anticancer treatment; Bacteria; Biofilms; Cancer; Metastasis

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; DNA; HYDROXYUREA; PROTEIN;

BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BIOFILM; CANCER CELL; CANCER INHIBITION; CAUSE OF DEATH; CELL ADHESION; CELL SURFACE; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LETTER; LUNG ALVEOLUS CELL; LUNG ALVEOLUS CELL CARCINOMA; MACROMOLECULE; METASTASIS; METASTASIS INHIBITION; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MOLECULAR IMAGING; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SECRETION; PROTEOMICS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SARCOMA; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE;

BACTERIAL ADHESION; BACTERIAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; BIOFILMS; NEOPLASM METASTASIS;

EID: 60449095362     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2008.11.012     Document Type: Letter

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