Epidermal growth factor or EGF is a growth factor that stimulates cell growth, proliferation, and differentiation by binding to its receptor EGFR. Human EGF is a 6045-Da protein with 53 amino acid residues and three intramolecular disulfide bonds. == History == The discovery of EGF won Stanley Cohen and Rita Levi-Montalcini the Nobel Prize in Phys...
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(from the article `Cohen, Stanley`) ...contained the nerve growth factor. He discovered that this substance caused the eyes of newborn mice to open and their teeth to erupt several days ...
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A protein made by many cells in the body and by some types of tumors. It causes cells to grow and differentiate (become more specialized). It is a type of growth factor and a type of cytokine. Also called EGF.
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a cytokine that stimulates epithelial cell proliferation.
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<growth factor> 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 ......
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(EGF) a mitogenic polypeptide produced by many cell types and made in large amounts by some tumors; it promotes growth and differentiation, is essential in embryogenesis, and is also important in wound healing
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A mitogenic polypeptide (6 kD) initially isolated from male mouse submaxillary gland. The name refers to the early bioassay, but EGF is active on a variety of cell types, especially but not exclusively epithelial. A family of similar growth factors are now recognised. Human equivalent originally named urogastrone owing to its hormone activity.
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(EGF) Type: Term Definitions: 1. a heat-stable antigenic protein isolated from the submaxillary glands of male mice; when injected into newborn animals, it accelerates eyelid opening and tooth eruption, stimulates epidermal growth and keratinization, and, in larger doses, inhibits body growth and hair development and produces fat...
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Epidermal growth factor: EGF.
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(EGF) A protein that sends signals to cells, telling them when to grow and divide
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