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MeSH Heading: Genes, Switch
Tree Number(s): G05.360.340.024.340.425.420
Unique ID: D005812
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D005812
Scope Note: Genes that cause the epigenotype (i.e., the interrelated developmental pathways through which the adult organism is realized) to switch to an alternate cell lineage-related pathway. Switch complexes control the expression of normal functional development as well as oncogenic transformation.
Entry Term(s): Switch Complexes; Switch Genes; Switching Complex; Switching Complexes
Previous Indexing: Genes, Structural (1977-1987)
Public MeSH Note: 91; was see under GENES, REGULATOR 1988-90
History Note: 91(88); was see under GENES, REGULATOR 1988-90
Date Established: 1991/01/01
Date of Entry: 1987/05/11
Revision Date: 2008/07/08

Allowable Qualifiers: drug effects (DE)

ethics (ES)

genetics (GE)

immunology (IM)

physiology (PH)

radiation effects (RE)

Genes, Switch MeSH Descriptor Data 2024