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nerve growth factors

nerve growth factors is the plural of nerve growth factor.

Meaning of nerve growth factor

Noun

nerve growth factor (countable and uncountable, plural nerve growth factors)

  1. a functional protein complex required for the survival, growth and specialization of certain types of neurons in vertebrates.
    • They (trypsin-like serine proteases) are also thought to be involved in the processing or activation of other biologically important proteins such as nerve growth factor (NGF) and epidermal growth factor (EGF) (3–5).1983, Philip N. Howles, Douglas P. Dickinson, Laura L. DiCaprio, Mary Woodworth-Gutai, Kenneth W Gross, “Use of a cDNA recombinant for the γ-subunit of mouse nerve growth factor to localize members...
    Synonyms:
    NGF

Questions about nerve growth factors

What is nerve growth factors the plural of?
Nerve growth factors is the plural of nerve growth factor.

Words near nerve growth factors in the dictionary

  1. nerve fibre
  2. nerve fibres
  3. nerve gas
  4. nerve gases
  5. nerve growth factor
  6. nerve growth factors
  7. nerve impulse
  8. nerve impulses
  9. nerve net
  10. nerve nets
  11. nerve of the pterygoid canal

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