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Biological Factors > Intercellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins > Cytokines > Hematopoietic Cell Growth Factors > Stem Cell Factor
... > Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins > Proteins > Intercellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins > Cytokines > Hematopoietic Cell Growth Factors > Stem Cell Factor
... > Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins > Peptides > Intercellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins > Cytokines > Hematopoietic Cell Growth Factors > Stem Cell Factor

Preferred term

Stem Cell Factor  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • c kit Ligand
  • c-kit Ligand
  • kit Ligand
  • Mast Cell Growth Factor
  • Steel Factor

Scope note

  • A hematopoietic growth factor and the ligand of the cell surface c-kit protein (PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-KIT). It is expressed during embryogenesis and is a growth factor for a number of cell types including the MAST CELLS and the MELANOCYTES in addition to the HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELLS.

History note

  • 96; was MAST CELL GROWTH FACTOR (NM) 1990-95

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D019089

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