• Maturation-promoting factor (abbreviated MPF, also called mitosis-promoting factor or M-Phase-promoting factor) is the cyclin–Cdk complex that was discovered...
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  • Promise Fellowship, a non-profit organization Maturation-promoting factor, or mitosis-promoting factor, in cell biology Metallic path facilities, in telecommunications...
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  • oocyte, which regulates key regulator cyclin kinase complex maturation promoting factor (MPF). cGMPs produced by somatic follicular cells further regulate...
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    threshold level of active cyclin B1/CDK1 complex, also known as Maturation promoting factor (MPF) has been reached. The activity of this complex is tightly...
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    Unlike granulocyte colony-stimulating factor, which specifically promotes neutrophil proliferation and maturation, GM-CSF affects more cell types, especially...
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    (1973-10-01). "Progesterone induced maturation in oocytes of Xenopus laevis. Appearance of a 'maturation promoting factor' in enucleated oocytes". Cell Differentiation...
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  • cells. They often promote cell differentiation and maturation, which varies between growth factors. For example, epidermal growth factor (EGF) enhances osteogenic...
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    of reduced vitamin K by blocking VKORC, thereby inhibiting maturation of clotting factors. Vitamin K deficiency from other causes (e.g., in malabsorption)...
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    present). The complex of Cdk and cyclin B is called maturation promoting factor or mitosis promoting factor (MPF). Cyclin B is necessary for the progression...
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    and exit such that binding of cyclin B forms a complex called Maturation-Promoting Factor (MPF). The activation threshold for mitotic entry was found to...
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    with the exception of the kinetochores, are in a state of instability promoting their progression toward anaphase. At this point, the chromosomes are...
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  • several hundred micromolar), it triggers rapid inactivation of maturation promoting factor (MPF). This occurs through cyclin B degradation by the proteasome...
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    dependent kinases, such as the p34/cdc2/cdk1 protein, form the maturation-promoting factor. MPFs activate other proteins through phosphorylation. These...
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    kinase enzymes (specifically cyclin-dependent kinases) to form maturation-promoting factor (MPF). MPF has previously been identified in 1971 by Yoshio Masui...
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    B-cell maturation antigen (BCMA or BCM), also known as tumor necrosis factor receptor superfamily member 17 (TNFRSF17), is a protein that in humans is...
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  • first double-lung transplant in 1989. Researchers identified the maturation promoting factor that regulates cell division, and discovered the T-cell receptor...
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  • neurotrophic factors include: glia maturation factor, insulin, insulin-like growth factor 1 (IGF-1), vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF), fibroblast...
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  • kinases (CDKs). The complex cyclin B/CDK1 also known as MPF (maturation promoting factor) promotes entry into mitosis. The processes of karyokinesis (mitosis)...
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    Early in mitosis, maturation promoting factor (abbreviated MPF, also called mitosis-promoting factor or M-phase-promoting factor) phosphorylates specific...
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    inflammation, tissue growth (cell proliferation), and tissue remodeling (maturation and cell differentiation). Blood clotting may be considered to be part...
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  • (EGF), IGF-1, and fibroblast growth factor (FGF), which in turn have specific roles in breast growth and maturation. At puberty, gonadotropin-releasing...
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    Nerve growth factor (NGF) is a neurotrophic factor and neuropeptide primarily involved in the regulation of growth, maintenance, proliferation, and survival...
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  • estradiol promotes growth of the breasts and uterus, it is also the principal hormone driving the pubertal growth spurt and epiphyseal maturation and closure...
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    Insulin-like growth factor 1 (IGF-1), also called somatomedin C, is a hormone similar in molecular structure to insulin which plays an important role in...
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    colony-stimulating factor - major histocompatibility complex - Malpighi body - Malpighi layer - marine biology - maslinic acid - mass spectrometer - maturation-promoting...
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  • brain-derived neurotrophic factor MeSH D23.348.479.875.212 – ciliary neurotrophic factor MeSH D23.348.479.875.325 – glia maturation factor MeSH D23.348.479.875...
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    Biology portal E2F#E2F.2FpRb complexes Hyperphosphorylation cdc25 Maturation promoting factor CDK cyclin A cyclin B cyclin D cyclin E Wee (cell cycle) Mastl...
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    which then secrete fibrosis-promoting factors, such as TGF-β, as well as promoting further hepatocyte death. TNF promotes insulin resistance by inhibiting...
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    2001). "Effects of glia maturation factor overexpression in primary astrocytes on MAP kinase activation, transcription factor activation, and neurotrophin...
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    Brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF), or abrineurin, is a protein that, in humans, is encoded by the BDNF gene. BDNF is a member of the neurotrophin...
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