(thing) by BioTech Sat Jun 01 2002 at 22:49:38

A type of growth factor secreted by a cell. It is thought that autocrine factors are produced in response to infection by viruses. The secretion of autocrine factors is an important step toward developing cancer.

From the BioTech Dictionary at http://biotech.icmb.utexas.edu/. For further information see the BioTech homenode.

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