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Cementum mitogenic factor |
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abbr. CGF (a term with multiple meanings). This factor of 23 kDa is isolated from human cementum. It is mitogenic for a number of cell types and this activity is potentiated by EGF. The factor is not identical with EGF or PDGF.
Another factor, also designated CGF, has a molecular mass of 22 kDa. It is not clear whether these two factors are identical.
Another factor, isolated also from human cementum (see: Cementum mitogenic factor) is identical with bFGF.
The CGF activity purified from bovine cementum by Ikezawa et al (1997) binds to heparin and appears to be a factor resembling
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