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Characterization of the gene-product of the Steel locus.
Progress in growth factor research - 1 Jan 1991
Williams D E, Lyman S D
Abstract excerpt
Steel factor (SLF) (aka: mast cell growth factor, stem cell factor, kit ligand) is the product of the murine Steel locus on chromosome 10 and is a ligand for the c-kit protooncogene. Isolation of cDNAs for SLF revealed that it was a membrane bound growth factor. Proteolytic processing releases a soluble version of the growth factor which has been shown to promote a wide variety of biological functions. In this...
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