Encyclopedic Reference of Genomics and Proteomics in Molecular Medicine

2006 Edition
| Editors: Detlev Ganten, Klaus Ruckpaul, Walter Birchmeier, Jörg T. Epplen, Klaus Genser, Manfred Gossen, Birgit Kersten, Hans Lehrach, Hartmut Oschkinat, Patrizia Ruiz, Peter Schmieder, Erich Wanker, Christiane Nolte

Dormancy

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-29623-9_6827
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Definition

The term is taken from bacteriology, indicating survival of a pathogen or a population of cancer cells with minimal activity and lack of growth because of unfavourable circumstances.

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