transforming growth factors

{
  "id": "MLC-T-AGR-006479",
  "term": "transforming growth factors",
  "field": "Agriculture and food",
  "definition": "Hormonally active polypeptides that can induce the transformed phenotype when added to normal, non-transformed cells. They have been found in culture fluids from retrovirally transformed cells and in tumor-derived cells as well as in non-neoplastic sources.",
  "synonyms": [
    "transforming growth factor"
  ],
  "subject": "Fields of Study",
  "see_also": [
    "growth factors",
    "growth differentiation factors",
    "transforming growth factor alpha",
    "transforming growth factor beta"
  ],
  "references": [
    "Medical Subject Headings 2013",
    "NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary"
  ],
  "translations": {
    "es": "factores transformadores de crecimiento"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/agriculture/transforming-growth-factors/"
}