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Facts about Fibroblast growth factor 5.
Acts as an inhibitor of hair elongation by encouraging progression from anagen, the growth phase of the hair follicle, to catagen the apoptosis-induced regression phase (By similarity). .
Human | |
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Gene Name: | FGF5 |
Uniprot: | P12034 |
Entrez: | 2250 |
Belongs to: |
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heparin-binding growth factors family |
FGF5; FGF-5; fibroblast growth factor 5; HBGF-5; Heparin-binding growth factor 5; Smag-82
Mass (kDA):
29.551 kDA
Human | |
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Location: | 4q21.21 |
Sequence: | 4; NC_000004.12 (80266588..80291017) |
Expressed in neonatal brain.
Secreted.
PMID: 1700424 by Haub O., et al. Expression of the murine fibroblast growth factor 5 gene in the adult central nervous system.
PMID: 3211147 by Zhan X., et al. The human FGF-5 oncogene encodes a novel protein related to fibroblast growth factors.