Medical Definition of Motogen
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| Term proposed for substances that stimulate cell motility by analogy with those that stimulate cell division (mitogens).
Hepatocyte growth factor is an example, though it seems likely that factors may be motogens for some cells and mitogens for others and may be motogens, mitogens or both depending upon the local conditions in which the cell is operating.
This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology
(11 Mar 2008)
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