Medical Definition of Sarcoma growth factor

1. Polypeptide released by sarcoma cells that promotes the growth of cells by binding to a cell surface receptor, the sarcoma cell is therefore self sufficient and independent of normal growth control. See: growth factors. The name is no longer commonly used. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sarcoma Growth Factor

sarcolemmal
sarcolemmas
sarcolemmata
sarcolemmic
sarcolemnous
sarcoline
sarcolite
sarcolites
sarcological
sarcologies
sarcology
sarcolysine
sarcoma
sarcoma botryoides
sarcoma cell
sarcoma growth factor (current term)
sarcoma virus
sarcomas
sarcomastigophora
sarcomastigophora infections
sarcomata
sarcomatic
sarcomatoid
sarcomatoid carcinoma
sarcomatoses
sarcomatosis
sarcomatous
sarcomere
sarcomeres
sarcomeric

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