dictionary help| EGF --> epidermal growth factor | medical dictionary |
A mitogenic polypeptide initially isolated from male mouse submaxillary gland.
The name refers to the early bioassay, but epidermal growth factor is active on a variety of cell types, especially but not exclusively epithelial. Human equivalent originally named urogastrone owing to its hormone activity.
Acronym: EGF
(11 Mar 2008)
epiderma, epidermal, epidermal cell, epidermal cyst < Prev | Next > epidermal growth factor receptor protein-tyrosine kinase
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