Growth factors
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Scope of this subject
Here are entered works on a group of polypeptides that control cellular responses such as cell multiplication by mechanisms analogous to classical endocrine hormones.
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Names and connections
Cell growth factors; Cellular growth factors; Growth peptides; Growth promoting substances; Growth substances; Peptide growth factors; Peptide regulatory factors; Polypeptide growth factors
- Broader: Cytokines
- Broader: Peptides
- Narrower: Bone morphogenetic proteins
- Narrower: Cyclins
- Narrower: Epidermal growth factor
- Narrower: Fibroblast growth factors
- Narrower: Follistatin
- Narrower: Hematopoietic growth factors
- Narrower: Hepatocyte growth factor
- Narrower: Interleukins
- Narrower: Nerve growth factor
- Narrower: Neurotropin
- Narrower: Platelet-derived growth factor
- Narrower: Somatomedin
- Narrower: Transforming growth factors
- Narrower: Tumor necrosis factor
- Narrower: Vascular endothelial growth factors
- Narrower: Wnt proteins
Up to 40 narrower headings are shown. Full Library of Congress authority record
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Numeric address and provenance
Morton address: 10126348452318561860 · morton4x16-v1
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