Carrier-Free
Reconstitution: Centrifuge the vial briefly, before opening to bring the contents to the bottom. Reconstitute the lyophilized protein in sterile PBS containing 0.1% human serum albumin. Apportion the reconstituted protein into working aliquots and store at ≤ -20°C. Make any further dilutions of the reconstituted protein in low endotoxin medium or a buffered solution containing a carrier protein such as heat inactivated FCS or tissue culture grade BSA.
Storage: Store the lyophilized protein at ≤ -20°C, preferably desiccated. Upon reconstitution, apportion into working aliquots and store at ≤ -20°C. Avoid repeated freeze-thaw cycles.
Hepatocyte growth factor regulates cell growth, cell motility, and morphogenesis by activating a tyrosine kinase signaling cascade after binding to the proto-oncogenic c-Met receptor. Hepatocyte growth factor is secreted by mesenchymal cells and acts as a multi-functional cytokine on cells of mainly epithelial origin. Its ability to stimulate mitogenesis, cell motility, and matrix invasion gives it a central role in angiogenesis, tumorogenesis, and tissue regeneration. It is secreted as a single inactive polypeptide and is cleaved by serine proteases into a 69-kDa alpha-chain and 34-kDa beta-chain. A disulfide bond between the alpha and beta chains produces the active, heterodimeric molecule. The protein belongs to the plasminogen subfamily of S1 peptidases but has no detectable protease activity. Alternative splicing of this gene produces multiple transcript variants encoding different isoforms.
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Protein Aliases: Fibroblast derived tumor cytotoxic factor; fibroblast-derived tumor cytotoxic factor; Hepatocyte growth factor; Hepatocyte growth factor (hepapoietin A; hepatocyte growth factor (hepapoietin A; scatter factor); Hepatopoeitin A; Hepatopoietin-A; HepatopoietinA; Lung fibroblast derived mitogen; lung fibroblast-derived mitogen; Scatter factor; scatter factor); SF
Gene Aliases: C230052L06Rik; DFNB39; F-TCF; HGF; HGF/SF; HGFB; HPTA; NK1; NK2; SF; SF/HGF
UniProt ID: (Human) P14210, (Mouse) Q08048
Entrez Gene ID: (Human) 3082, (Mouse) 15234
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