EGF

abbr. epidermal growth factor

EGF

A gene on chromosome 4q25 that encodes epidermal growth factor, a potent mitogen that plays a key role in the growth, proliferation and differentiation of numerous cell types; it acts by binding the high-affinity cell surface receptor, epidermal growth factor receptor.
Molecular pathology
Defects in EGF cause hypomagnesaemia type 4; EGF dysregulation is linked to the growth and progression of certain cancers.

EGF

Acronym	Definition
EGF➣Epidermal Growth Factor (protein)
EGF➣East Grand Forks (Minnesota)
EGF➣European Garden Flora (plant hardiness zones; Europe)
EGF➣European Gendarmerie Force
EGF➣École du Golf Français (French school of golf)
EGF➣Electricity Generating Facility (Connecticut)
EGF➣Évaluation Globale du Fonctionnement (French: Global Assessment of Functioning; psychiatry scale)
EGF➣Murine Epidermal Growth Factor (also seen as mEGF)
EGF➣Empresa Geral de Fomento (Portugese: General Company of Fomento)
EGF➣Exponential Generating Function (mathematics)
EGF➣Empirical Green's Function
EGF➣Encyclopédie Grammaticale du Français (French: Encyclopedia of Grammatical French)
EGF➣Euro Gaming Force (gaming clan)
EGF➣Espace Graphic Fidésien (French: Space Graphic Printing)
EGF➣European Gold Finch
EGF➣Enclosed Ground Flare
EGF➣Entente Gymnastique du Faucigny (French gymnastics organization)