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| Domain | Definition |
Health | Factor isolated in a variety of tissues including epithelium, and maternal decidua. It is closely related to epidermal growth factor and binds to the EGF receptor. TGF-alpha acts synergistically with TGF-beta in inducing phenotypic transformation, but its physiological role is unknown. (references) |
Medicine | A polypeptide that promotes proliferation and migration of keratinocytes. Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Crosswords: TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR ALPHA |
| Specialty definitions using "TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR ALPHA": Receptor, Epidermal Growth Factor ♦ Transforming Growth Factors. (references) |
| Language | Translations for "TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR ALPHA"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||
French | TGF alpha, facteur de croissance alpha transformant. (various references) | ||||||||||
German | Alpha-TGF (TGF alpha). (various references) | ||||||||||
Italian | TGF alfa (TGF alpha), fattore di crescita alfa di trasformazione. (various references) | ||||||||||
Pig Latin | ansformingtray owthgray actorfay alphaay TGF alfa (TGF alpha), factor de crecimiento transformante de tipo alfa. (various references) | ||||||||||
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