A systems biology approach to cancer: Fractals, attractors, and nonlinear dynamics

OMICS A Journal of Integrative Biology

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 93-104

  Dinicola, Simona ^a   D'Anselmi, Fabrizio ^a   Pasqualato, Alessia ^b   Proietti, Sara ^a   Lisi, Elisabetta ^c   Cucina, Alessandra ^a   Bizzarri, Mariano ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

^c ROMA TRE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLIN D1; GROWTH FACTOR; PROTEIN P27; PROTEOME; UVOMORULIN;

CANCER RESEARCH; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL INTERACTION; CELL METABOLISM; CELL SHAPE; CELL TRANSFORMATION; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; GENE MUTATION; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK; HUMAN; MICROENVIRONMENT; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NEOPLASM; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW; STROMA;

HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; PHENOTYPE; SYSTEMS BIOLOGY;

EID: 79952501113     PISSN: 15362310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/omi.2010.0091     Document Type: Review

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