Bacterial survival strategies suggest rethinking cancer cooperativity

Trends in Microbiology

Volumn 20, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 403-410

  Ben Jacob, Eshel ^a,b   Coffey, Donald S ^c   Levine, Herbert ^b  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacteria and cancer.; Cancer cooperative strategies; Cancer drug resistance; Cellular decision making; Cellular social networks; Spying cancer cells

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; CANCER CELL; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER RELAPSE; CARCINOGENESIS; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL STRESS; COLONY FORMATION; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; DORMANCY; DRUG RESISTANCE; METASTASIS POTENTIAL; MICROENVIRONMENT; NONHUMAN; PLASTICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

BACTERIAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NEOPLASMS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 84865798159     PISSN: 0966842X     EISSN: 18784380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tim.2012.06.001     Document Type: Review

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