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Genes, Gene Products, and Transcription Factors

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Molecular Pathology of Lung Diseases

Part of the book series: Molecular Pathology Library ((MPLB,volume 1))

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Molecular pathology employs an ever-expanding array of special techniques to study nucleic acids, genes, gene products, receptors, signaling pathways, the cell cycle, and mutations. This chapter and the others in this section provide a quick review of basic terminology and concepts for the understanding of subsequent chapters.

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Cagle, P.T. (2008). Genes, Gene Products, and Transcription Factors. In: Zander, D.S., Popper, H.H., Jagirdar, J., Haque, A.K., Cagle, P.T., Barrios, R. (eds) Molecular Pathology of Lung Diseases. Molecular Pathology Library, vol 1. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-72430-0_1

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