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Facts about Vascular endothelial growth factor C.
Binds and activates KDR/VEGFR2 and FLT4/VEGFR3 receptors. .
Human | |
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Gene Name: | VEGFC |
Uniprot: | P49767 |
Entrez: | 7424 |
Belongs to: |
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PDGF/VEGF growth factor family |
Flt4 ligand; Flt4-L; vascular endothelial growth factor C; Vascular endothelial growth factor-related protein; VEGFC; VEGF-C; VRPFLT4 ligand DHM
Mass (kDA):
46.883 kDA
Human | |
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Location: | 4q34.3 |
Sequence: | 4; NC_000004.12 (176683538..176792922, complement) |
Spleen, lymph node, thymus, appendix, bone marrow, heart, placenta, ovary, skeletal muscle, prostate, testis, colon and small intestine and fetal liver, lung and kidney, but not in peripheral blood lymphocyte.
Secreted.
PMID: 8617204 by Joukov V., et al. A novel vascular endothelial growth factor, VEGF-C, is a ligand for the Flt4 (VEGFR-3) and KDR (VEGFR-2) receptor tyrosine kinases.
PMID: 8700872 by Lee J., et al. Vascular endothelial growth factor-related protein: a ligand and specific activator of the tyrosine kinase receptor Flt4.
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