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In control of body size
In mammals c-Myc controls cell division and is consequently a crucial mediator of organ and body size.
Email: Tudor Toma - t.toma@ic.ac.uk News from The Scientist 2001, 2(1):20011214-02
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The proto-oncogene c-Myc has been implicated in the genesis of many different types of tumors, but its role in normal physiology remains unclear. In December 13 Nature, Andreas Trumpp and colleagues from University of California at San Francisco show that in mammals c-Myc controls the decision to divide or not to divide and thereby functions as a crucial mediator of signals that determine organ and body size.
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