Description
Mouse Stem Cell Factor | 90236-B | Gentaur US, UK & Europe Disrtribition
Category: Cytokine
Application: N/A
Background: SCF is a stromal cell-derived cytokine synthesized by fibroblasts and other cell types. SCF promotes proliferation and early differentiation of cells at the level of multipotential stem cells. It has been suggested that SCF is essential for optimal production of various hematopoietic lineages, mainly because of its ability to prevent apoptosis when it co-stimulates with other cytokines. The receptor for SCF, designated SCFR(CD117), is the oncogene designated as KIT. The biological activities of SCF are synergised considerably by colony stimulating factors GM-CSF and G-CSF, and also by IL-7, Epo and some other growth and differentiation factors. In combination with IL-7, SCF stimulates the proliferation of pre-B-cells. SCF is also a potent chemoattractant for cells, for example, mast cells, expressing the kit receptor. One response to SCF in these cells is a characteristic rearrangement of the actin filaments of the cytoskeleton.
Description: Recombinant SCF (Kit Ligand) is a disulfide-linked monomer protein consisting of 165 amino acid residues, and due to glycosylation migrates as an approximately 23 kDa protein under non-reducing and reducing conditions in SDS-PAGE. Optimized DNA sequence encoding murine SCF mature chain was expressed in E. coli.
Product Type: Protein
Shippement Condition: gel packs or dry ice
