Medical Definition of Epidermal growth factor
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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
This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology
(11 Mar 2008)
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