Biological Stoichiometry in Tumor Micro-environments

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Kareva, Irina ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; PHOSPHORUS;

ARTICLE; CANCER CELL; CANCER GROWTH; CELL COMPOSITION; CELL HETEROGENEITY; CELL POPULATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CELL TRANSPORT; GROWTH RATE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MOLECULAR CLONING; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; PHENOTYPE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STOICHIOMETRY; TUMOR MICROENVIRONMENT; TUMOR VOLUME;

BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CELL PROLIFERATION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHENOTYPE; TUMOR MICROENVIRONMENT;

EID: 84872763857     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0051844     Document Type: Article

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