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Facts about Fibroblast growth factor 7.
Growth factor active on keratinocytes. Possible important paracrine effector of normal epithelial cell proliferation.
| Human | |
|---|---|
| Gene Name: | FGF7 |
| Uniprot: | P21781 |
| Entrez: | 2252 |

| Belongs to: |
|---|
| heparin-binding growth factors family |

FGF7; FGF-7; fibroblast growth factor 7HBGF-7; HBGF7; HBGF-7; Heparin-binding growth factor 7; keratinocyte growth factor; KGF; KGFfibroblast growth factor 7 (keratinocyte growth factor)
Mass (kDA):
22.509 kDA

| Human | |
|---|---|
| Location: | 15q21.2 |
| Sequence: | 15; NC_000015.10 (49423242..49488775) |
Epithelial cell.
Secreted.




PMID: 2475908 by Finch P.W., et al. Human KGF is FGF-related with properties of a paracrine effector of epithelial cell growth.
PMID: 1664700 by Aaronson S.A., et al. Keratinocyte growth factor. A fibroblast growth factor family member with unusual target cell specificity.
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