Term Details for "growth factor activity" (GO:0008083) (original) (raw)

Accession

GO:0008083

Name

growth factor activity

Ontology

molecular_function

Synonyms

None

Alternate IDs

None

Definition

The function that stimulates a cell to grow or proliferate. Most growth factors have other actions besides the induction of cell growth or proliferation.Source: ISBN:0815316194

Comment

Also consider annotating to 'receptor agonist activity ; GO:0048018'.

History

See term history for GO:0008083 at QuickGO

Chem. react.

None

Subset

goslim_chembl

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