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Preferred term

Stem Cell Factor  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • 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.

Entry terms

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

In other languages

  • French

  • Facteur de croissance des mastocytes
  • Facteur de croissance mastocytaire
  • Facteur des cellules souches
  • Facteur steel
  • Ligand de c-kit
  • Ligand de kit
  • SCF (Stem Cell Factor)
  • Stem cell factor

URI

http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-XC11WZ22-6

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