PGF (placental growth factor)
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Gene
Gene information from NCBI Gene database.
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| Entrez ID | 5228 |
| Gene name | Placental growth factor |
| Gene symbol | PGF |
| Synonyms (NCBI Gene) |
D12S1900PGFLPIGFPLGFPlGF-2SHGC-10760
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| Chromosome | 14 |
| Chromosome location | 14q24.3 |
| Summary | This gene encodes a growth factor found in placenta which is homologous to vascular endothelial growth factor. Alternatively spliced transcripts encoding different isoforms have been found for this gene.[provided by RefSeq, Jun 2011] |
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miRNA
miRNA information provided by mirtarbase database.
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Transcription factors
Transcription factors information provided by TRRUST V2 database.
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Gene ontology (GO)
Gene Ontology (GO) annotations describing the biological processes, molecular functions, and cellular components associated with a gene.
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Other IDs
Other IDs provides unique identifiers for this gene in OMIM, HGNC, and Ensembl databases.
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Protein
Protein information from UniProt database.
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UniProt ID
Unique identifier for the protein in the UniProt database. Click to view detailed protein information.
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| Protein name | Placenta growth factor (PlGF) | ||||||||||
| Protein function | Growth factor active in angiogenesis and endothelial cell growth, stimulating their proliferation and migration. It binds to the receptor FLT1/VEGFR-1. Isoform PlGF-2 binds NRP1/neuropilin-1 and NRP2/neuropilin-2 in a heparin-dependent manner. A | ||||||||||
| PDB | 1FZV , 1RV6 | ||||||||||
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| Tissue specificity | TISSUE SPECIFICITY: While the three isoforms are present in most placental tissues, PlGF-2 is specific to early (8 week) placenta and only PlGF-1 is found in the colon and mammary carcinomas. | ||||||||||
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| Sequence length | 221 | ||||||||||
| Interactions | View interactions | ||||||||||
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Pathways
Pathway information has different metabolic/signaling pathways associated with genes.
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