from human hepatoma cell lines; exerts a variety of biological actions on many cell types; belongs to family of kringle proteins; MW 70 kDa; comprises of alpha & beta chain of 47 & 22 kDa; found on human chromosome 3; amino acid sequence given in first source; GenBank L11924 (human); do not confuse with RON protein; RefSeq NM_020998 (human), NM_008243 (mouse), NM_024352 (rat)
Also Known As:
HGF-like protein; HGFL protein, human; Hgfl protein, mouse; MST1 protein, human; Macrophage stimulating 1 (hepatocyte growth factor-like) protein, rat; Macrophage stimulatory protein, human; Mst1 protein, mouse; Mst1 protein, rat; PRGF-2 protein; hepatocyte growth factor-like protein; macrophage stimulating 1 (hepatocyte growth factor-like) protein, human; macrophage stimulating 1 (hepatocyte growth factor-like) protein, mouse; macrophage stimulating protein, human