Biophysical cancer transformation pathway

Electromagnetic Biology and Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 105-123

  Pokorny J ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PHOTONICS AND ELECTRONICS   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Biological electromagnetic field; Biophysical cancer pathway; Cancer transformation; Coherence in biology; Frhlich's hypothesis; Microtubules; Mitochondria

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; CANCER CELLS; CANCER TRANSFORMATION; CELLULAR ORGANIZATION; COHERENCE IN BIOLOGY; COHERENT EXCITATIONS; COHERENT VIBRATIONS; CYTOSKELETONS; ELECTRIC DIPOLE; ELECTROMAGNETIC INTERACTIONS; METABOLIC ENERGY; MICROTUBULES; NON-LINEAR CONDITIONS; NUMERICAL MODELS; POLAR STRUCTURES; STATIC ELECTRIC FIELDS; TRANSFORMATION PATHWAYS;

BIOLOGICAL SYSTEMS; BIOPHYSICS; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD MEASUREMENT; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; LIFE SUPPORT SYSTEMS (SPACECRAFT); MITOCHONDRIA; MOTION ESTIMATION; VIBRATION ANALYSIS;

ELECTRIC GENERATORS;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOPHYSICS; CELL TRANSFORMATION; CYTOSKELETON; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MITOCHONDRION; NEOPLASM; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; PATHOLOGY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; TUMOR CELL LINE; VIBRATION;

BIOPHYSICAL PROCESSES; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CELL TRANSFORMATION, NEOPLASTIC; CYTOSKELETON; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; HUMANS; MITOCHONDRIA; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NEOPLASMS; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; VIBRATION;

EID: 74049133620     PISSN: 15368378     EISSN: 15368386     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15368370802711615     Document Type: Article

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