Functional redundancy and its significance of cytokine and transcription factor--a concise review.
- Author:
Ke-Fu WU
1
Author Information
1. Stat Key Laboratory for Experimental Hematology, Institute of Hematology, the Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Tianjin 300020, China.
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- MeSH:
Animals;
Cytokines;
physiology;
Humans;
Transcription Factors;
physiology
- From:
Journal of Experimental Hematology
2003;11(4):434-436
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
The term "functional redundancy" has been used as key words in foreign literature recently. However, it is rarely appeared in Chinese literature. Functional redundancy is an important characteristic of cytokines and transcription factors. The author gives personal opinion on this term for discussion.
