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Cell transformation by the epidermal growth factor receptor and v-erbB.
Cancer cells (Cold Spring Harbor, N.Y. : 1989) - 1 Aug 1991
Hayman M J, Enrietto P J
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It has become increasingly apparent that growth factor receptors can function as oncogenic proteins and play causal roles in cell transformation. A prime example is the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR), which belongs to the ligand-activated tyrosine kinase receptor family and is overexpressed in certain human tumors. The transforming gene of avian erythroblastosis virus, v-erbB, encodes a truncated form of...
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