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| Alternative Name : |
Somatomedin C, IGF-I, IGFI, IGF1, IGF-IA, Mechano growth factor, MGF. |
| Amount : |
5 µg |
Source : Escherichia Coli. IGF1 Human Recombinant produced in E.Coli is a single, non-glycosylated, Polypeptide chain fused to a GST tag and is purified by proprietary chromatographic techniques. The somatomedins, or insulin-like growth factors (IGFs), comprise a family of peptides that play important roles in mammalian growth and development. IGF1 mediates many of the growth-promoting effects of growth hormone (GH; MIM 139250). Early studies showed that growth hormone did not directly stimulate the incorporation of sulfate into cartilage, but rather acted through a serum factor, termed 'sulfation factor,' which later became known as 'somatomedin' (Daughaday et al., 1972). Three main somatomedins have been characterized: somatomedin C (IGF1), somatomedin A (IGF2; MIM 147470), and somatomedin B (MIM 193190) (Rotwein, 1986; Rosenfeld, 2003).
