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Module 9: Cell Cycle and Proliferation
2012-04-11
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Cell proliferation is the process whereby cells reproduce themselves by growing and then dividing into two equal copies. Growth factors employ a range of growth factor signalling pathways to activate cells to enter the cell cycle. In most cases, proliferation is mediated by growth factors operating within a highly localized environment so that only those cells in the immediate vicinity are instructed to grow. To u...
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- Literature Corpus work
- ea47e78d-aedc-5688-9aef-0d8ca4d7a816
- DOI
- 10.1042/csb0001009