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Growth Factor Binding
Growth Factor Interaction involves temporary non-covalent binding through intermolecular physical forces of attraction and often spatial complementarity with extracellular signaling molecules (ligands) involved in the control of target cell proliferation, survival, and differentiation. (NCI Thesaurus)
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