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Genes, Switch  

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  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Gene, Switch
  • Switch Gene
  • Switch Genes

Scope note

  • Genes that cause the epigenotype (i.e., the interrelated developmental pathways through which the adult organism is realized) to switch to an alternate cell lineage-related pathway. Switch complexes control the expression of normal functional development as well as oncogenic transformation.

History note

  • 91(88); was see under GENES, REGULATOR 1988-90

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D005812

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