betacellulin

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noun

A protein belonging to the EGF family of growth factors, synthesized primarily as a transmembrane precursor.

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Meanings

nounbetacellulin (uncountable)
  1. uncountableA protein belonging to the EGF family of growth factors, synthesized primarily as a transmembrane precursor.

    The EGF family consists of EGF, transforming growth factor-alpha (TGF-α), heparin-binding epidermal growth factor (HB-EGF), amphiregulin (AR), epiregulin (EPR), betacellulin (BTC) and neuregulins (NRGs).

    2015 July 15, Kallirroi Voudouri et al., “Insulin-Like Growth Factor and Epidermal Growth Factor Signaling in Breast Cancer Cell Growth: Focus on Endocrine Resistant Disease”, in Analytical cellular pathology (Amsterdam), volume 2015, →DOI
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