Article
Local regulation of homeostasis favors chromosomal instability.
Current biology : CB - 1 Apr 2003
Michor Franziska, Iwasa Yoh, Komarova Natalia L, Nowak Martin A
Abstract excerpt
Tissues of long-lived multicellular organisms have to maintain a constant number of functioning cells for many years. This process is called homeostasis. Homeostasis breaks down when cells emerge with mutations in tumor suppressor genes or oncogenes. Such mutated cells can have increased net rate...
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