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| Domain | Definition |
Health | A 6 kD polypeptide growth factor initially discovered in mouse submaxillary glands. Human epidermal growth factor was originally isolated from urine based on its ability to inhibit gastric secretion and called urogastrone. epidermal growth factor exerts a wide variety of biological effects including the promotion of proliferation and differentiation of mesenchymal and epithelial cells. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Crosswords: EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR |
| Specialty definitions using "EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR": c-erbB-2 ♦ epidermal growth factor receptor ♦ Genes, erbB, Genes, erbB-1, Genes, erbB-2 ♦ HER2/neu, HER2/neu gene ♦ Oncogene Proteins v-erbB ♦ Receptor, Epidermal Growth Factor, Receptor, erbB-2, Receptor, erbB-3 ♦ Transforming Growth Factor alpha. (references) |
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Health | Data for HER-2/neu, epidermal growth factor receptor, and stress-response (heat shock) proteins are of interest, but further investigation is required before reaching any conclusions about their clinical value. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
Expression using "EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR": epidermal growth factor receptor. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
epidermal growth factor | 20 |
epidermal growth factor receptor | 5 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||
French | facteur de croissance épidermique. (various references) | ||||||||||
German | Epidermis-Wachstumsfaktor. (various references) | ||||||||||
Italian | fattore di crescita dell'epidermide. (various references) | ||||||||||
Pig Latin | epidermalay owthgray actorfay factor de crecimiento epidérmico (epidermic growth factor). (various references) | ||||||||||
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)45 50 49 44 45 52 4D 41 4C 47 52 4F 57 54 48 46 41 43 54 4F 52 |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000101 01010000 01001001 01000100 01000101 01010010 01001101 01000001 01001100 00100000 01000111 01010010 01001111 01010111 01010100 01001000 00100000 01000110 01000001 01000011 01010100 01001111 01010010 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)E P I D E R M A L   G R O W T H   F A C T O R |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0045 0050 0049 0044 0045 0052 004D 0041 004C 0047 0052 004F 0057 0054 0048 0046 0041 0043 0054 004F 0052 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)39504338395247354624152495754422403537544952 |
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