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- noun biochemistry A
polypeptide that functions as aligand for theepidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) and is essential for thegrowth of several types ofcancer
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Lindvall C, Hou M, Komurasaki T, Zheng C, Henriksson M, et al. (2003) Molecular characterization of human telomerase reverse transcriptase-immortalized human fibroblasts by gene expression profiling: activation of the epiregulin gene.
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