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Mouse Anti-HGF/FITC Conjugated antibody
background:
Hepatocyte growth factor regulates cell growth, cell motility, and morphogenesis by activating a tyrosine kinase signaling cascade after binding to the proto-oncogenic c-Met receptor. Hepatocyte growth factor is secreted by mesenchymal cells and acts as a multi-functional cytokine on cells of mainly epithelial origin. Its ability to stimulate mitogenesis, cell motility, and matrix invasion gives it a central role in angiogenesis, tumorogenesis, and tissue regeneration. It is secreted as a single inactive polypeptide and is cleaved by serine proteases into a 69-kDa alpha-chain and 34-kDa beta-chain. A disulfide bond between the alpha and beta chains produces the active, heterodimeric molecule. The protein belongs to the lasminogen subfamily of S1 peptidases but has no detectable protease activity. Alternative splicing of this gene produces multiple transcript variants encoding different isoforms. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008].
Function:
HGF is a potent mitogen for mature parenchymal hepatocyte cells, seems to be an hepatotrophic factor, and acts as growth factor for a broad spectrum of tissues and cell types. It has no detectable protease activity.
Subunit:
Dimer of an alpha chain and a beta chain linked by a disulfide bond.
DISEASE:
Defects in HGF are the cause of deafness autosomal recessive type 39 (DFNB39) [MIM:608265]. A form of profound prelingual sensorineural hearing loss. Sensorineural deafness results from damage to the neural receptors of the inner ear, the nerve pathways to the brain, or the area of the brain that receives sound information.
Similarity:
Belongs to the peptidase S1 family. Plasminogen subfamily.
Contains 4 kringle domains.
Contains 1 PAN domain.
Contains 1 peptidase S1 domain.
Database links:
Entrez Gene: 3082 Human
Entrez Gene: 282879 Cow
Entrez Gene: 15234 Mouse
Entrez Gene: 24446 Rat
Omim: 14489 Human
SwissProt: Q9SH09 Cat
SwissProt: Q76BS1 Cow
SwissProt: Q867B7 Dog
SwissProt: P14210 Human
SwissProt: Q08048 Mouse
SwissProt: P17945 Rat
Unigene: 396530 Human
Unigene: 267078 Mouse
Unigene: 10468 Rat
Important Note:
This product as supplied is intended for research use only, not for use in human, therapeutic or diagnostic applications.
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