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The pathway to signal achievement

Nature volume 365, pages 781–783 (1993)Cite this article

There has been a deluge of reports, in this journal and elsewhere, dealing with the subject of signal transduction and the Ras protein. Why all the fuss? The following is a News and Views article with a difference - an explanation for those not close to events, and a celebration of an achievement in biomedical research.

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  1. Imperial Cancer Research Fund, Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, WC2A 3PX, UK

    Sean E. Egan

  2. the Hospital for Sick Children Research Institute, 555 University Avenue, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M5G 1X8

    Sean E. Egan

  3. Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Nine Cambridge Center, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 02142, USA

    Robert A. Weinberg

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