betacellulin

English

Noun

betacellulin (uncountable)

  1. A protein belonging to the EGF family of growth factors, synthesized primarily as a transmembrane precursor.
    • 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:10.1155/2015/975495:
      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).
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