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Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins > Proteins > Carrier Proteins > Insulin-Like Growth Factor Binding Proteins > Insulin-Like Growth Factor Binding Protein 2

Preferred term

Insulin-Like Growth Factor Binding Protein 2  

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Broader concept

Entry terms

  • IGF Binding Protein 2
  • IGF-Binding Protein 2
  • IGFBP 2
  • IGFBP-2

Scope note

  • One of the six homologous soluble proteins that bind insulin-like growth factors (SOMATOMEDINS) and modulate their mitogenic and metabolic actions at the cellular level.

History note

  • 96; was INSULIN LIKE GROWTH FACTOR-BINDING PROTEIN-2 (NM) 1991-95

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D018971

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