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Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins > Proteins > Intercellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins > Transforming Growth Factors
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Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins > Peptides > Intercellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins > Transforming Growth Factors

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Transforming Growth Factors  

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  • Factor, Transforming Growth
  • Growth Factor, Transforming
  • Transforming Growth Factor

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  • Hormonally active polypeptides that can induce the transformed phenotype when added to normal, non-transformed cells. They have been found in culture fluids from retrovirally transformed cells and in tumor-derived cells as well as in non-neoplastic sources. Their transforming activities are due to the simultaneous action of two otherwise unrelated factors, TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR ALPHA and TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA.

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