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NGF

NGF is the initialism of nerve growth factor.

NGF is the initialism of National Golf Foundation.

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 NGF

What is NGF the initialism of?
NGF is the initialism of nerve growth factor.

Words near NGF in the dictionary

  1. Ngengomeri
  2. NGEO
  3. NGEOs
  4. ngeow
  5. Ngerulmud
  6. NGF
  7. Nggatokae
  8. Nggela Islands
  9. Nghiem
  10. Nghiems
  11. Nghệ An

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