Both serum factors and protein synthesis are required for normal cell growth. Swiss 3T3 cells require the serum growth factors insulin and EGF (epidermal growth factor) during the initial part of the G I period, until they pass a restriction point about 2 h before the initiation of DNA synthesis. Co
Cell-cell communication and growth control of normal and cancer cells: Evidence and hypothesis
β Scribed by Marc Mesnil; Hiroshi Yamasaki; Allan Balmain; J. Carl Barrett; Harold Moses
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1993
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 442 KB
- Volume
- 7
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0899-1987
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