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| Domain | Definition |
Health | A member of the class of cytokines secreted by tumor cells. It elicits increases in cell motility and phosphoinositide metabolism in the secreting or producing cell via a pertussis toxin-sensitive G-protein signal transduction pathway. The factor has also been used as a marker for bladder cancer. (references) |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | Scientists have identified a protein, named autocrine motility factor (AMF), that causes cancer cells to grow "arms" or pseudopodia, enabling them to migrate to other parts of the body. Locomotion is integral to the entire process of metastasis. Credit: Susan Arnold (photographer). |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)41 55 54 4F 43 52 49 4E 45 4D 4F 54 49 4C 49 54 59 46 41 43 54 4F 52 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000001 01010101 01010100 01001111 01000011 01010010 01001001 01001110 01000101 00100000 01001101 01001111 01010100 01001001 01001100 01001001 01010100 01011001 00100000 01000110 01000001 01000011 01010100 01001111 01010010 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)A U T O C R I N E   M O T I L I T Y   F A C T O R |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0041 0055 0054 004F 0043 0052 0049 004E 0045 004D 004F 0054 0049 004C 0049 0054 0059 0046 0041 0043 0054 004F 0052 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)355554493752434839247495443464354592403537544952 |
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