Gene: EGF (epidermal growth factor)  Homo sapiens

Symbol: EGF
Name: epidermal growth factor
Description: This gene encodes a member of the epidermal growth factor superfamily. The encoded protein is synthesized as a large precursor molecule that is proteolytically cleaved to generate the 53-amino acid epidermal growth factor peptide. This protein acts a potent mitogenic factor that plays an important role in the growth, proliferation and differentiation of numerous cell types. This protein acts by binding the high affinity cell surface receptor, epidermal growth factor receptor. Defects in this gene are the cause of hypomagnesemia type 4. Dysregulation of this gene has been associated with the growth and progression of certain cancers. Alternate splicing results in multiple transcript variants.[provided by RefSeq, May 2010]
Type: protein-coding
RefSeq Status: REVIEWED
Also known as: beta-urogastrone; epidermal growth factor; HOMG4; OTTHUMP00000162922; OTTHUMP00000219721; OTTHUMP00000219722; pro-epidermal growth factor; URG
Orthologs: Mus musculus : Egf (epidermal growth factor)  MGI
Rattus norvegicus : Egf (epidermal growth factor)
Latest Assembly: Human Genome Assembly GRCh37
Position:
MapChrPositionStrandSource
Human Alternate Assembly CHM1_14110,628,399 - 110,728,472+NCBI
Human Genome Assembly HuRef4106,566,131 - 106,666,223+NCBI
Human Genome Assembly GRCh374110,834,040 - 110,934,118+NCBI
Human Genome Assembly Build 364111,053,499 - 111,152,868+NCBI
Human Cytogenetic Map4q25 NCBI
Human Genome Assembly4111,191,653 - 111,291,023 NCBI
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RGD Object Information
RGD ID: 736832
Created: 2004-02-06
Species: Homo sapiens
Last Modified: 2013-04-09
Status: ACTIVE