Abstract
Eukaryotic genetic expression is carefully regulated. Normal cell growth and division, tissue differentiation, and organism development all depend on a strictly ordered progression of specific events. Perturbation of the control of these processes, for example by exposure to harmful chemicals or infection with viruses leads to aberrant forms of metabolism, often resulting in malignancies and cell death. One of the most challenging problems in biology is to define at the molecular level the mechanisms that govern gene function in higher organisms, including ultimately man. This goal serves to unify the diverse efforts of many investigators, whether studying the precise patterns of embryo genesis, the loss of control that occurs during neoplastic growth or the redirection of biosynthetic pathways in virus-infected cells.
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Shatkin, A.J. (1981). Introduction Elucidating Mechanisms of Eukaryotic Genetic Expression by Studying Animal Viruses. In: Shatkin, A.J. (eds) Initiation Signals in Viral Gene Expression. Current Topics in Microbiology and Immunology, vol 93. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-68123-3_1
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