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Metabolism and Effects of Epidermal Growth Factor and Related Growth Factors in Mammals*
1 Aug 1990
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The initial observations of Stanley Cohen in the 1960s established that EGF induced in vivo effects such as precocious eyelid opening and tooth eruption. Subsequently the actions of EGF have been extensively explored in cell culture systems. The receptor for EGF was characterized as a prototype model for other growth factors and the now extensive in vitro data indicate multiple functions for EGF. Moreover, EGF...
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