HGF ELISA Kit

Storage Instruction:Store the kit at 4°C.
Description:
Hepatocyte growth factor (HGF) is a pleiotropic growth factor originally isolated from rat platelets. This factor has also been called scatter factor, hepatopoietin A (hepatopoietin B is likely a fragment of A) and mammary growth factor. Mature HGF is an 82 kDa, 674 amino acid residue heterodimeric glycoprotein that is part of a small family of factors that also includes an HGF-like factor known as macrophage stimulating protein (MSP). These factors lack significant homology with other known growth factors. HGF has marked and varied effects on hepatocytes and other epithelial cells, as well as on endothelial, mesenchymal and hematopoietic cell types, including mitogenic, morphogenic, and motogenic activities . HGF demonstrates marked species cross-reactivity.