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MST1

Macrophage-stimulating protein (MSP), also known as hepatocyte growth factor-like protein (HLP, HGFL, or HGFLP), is a protein that in humans is encoded by the MST1 (macrophage-stimulating 1) gene.[1][2][3]


References

References

  1. Gerber MJ, Drabkin HA, Firnhaber C, Miller YE, Scoggin CH, Smith DI (Oct 1988). “Regional localization of chromosome 3-specific DNA fragments by using a hybrid cell deletion mapping panel”. Am J Hum Genet. 43 (4): 442–51. PMC 1715492. PMID 2902784.
  2. Yoshimura T, Yuhki N, Wang MH, Skeel A, Leonard EJ (Aug 1993). “Cloning, sequencing, and expression of human macrophage stimulating protein (MSP, MST1) confirms MSP as a member of the family of kringle proteins and locates the MSP gene on chromosome 3”. J Biol Chem. 268 (21): 15461–8. PMID 8393443.
  3. “Entrez Gene: MST1 macrophage stimulating 1 (hepatocyte growth factor-like)”.
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