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EGF

protein-coding gene in the species Homo sapiens
Class type of: protein-coding gene Q14864695

Facts

13 properties
Instance of
gene
Subclass of
protein-coding gene
Chromosome
human chromosome 4[11]
Cytogenetic location
4q25[14]
Encodes
epidermal growth factor[9]
Expressed in
renal medulla, body of pancreas, muscle of thigh, human kidney, kidney tubule, gastrocnemius muscle, Skeletal muscle tissue of rectus abdominis, biceps brachii, deltoid muscle, vastus lateralis muscle[15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24]
Found in taxon
Homo sapiens[10]
Genetic association
renal hypomagnesemia 4[12]
Genomic end
110933422, 110013766[6][7]
Genomic start
110834040, 109912883[4][5]
HomoloGene ID
1483[3]
Ortholog
Egf, Egf, egf[8]
Strand orientation
forward strand[13]
🏷️ Also known as
en epithelial growth factor en EGF en epidermal growth factor en HOMG4 en URG cs Epidermální růstový faktor fa عامل رشد اپیدرمال id Hormon EGF it Fattore di crescita dell'epidermide ja 上皮成長因子 ro Factorul de creștere epidermal ru эпидермальный фактор роста tr Epidermal büyüme faktörü zh 表皮生长因子

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Summary

EGF is a gene[1]. EGF is a type of protein-coding gene[2].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . Ensembl Release 87. wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . NCBI Gene. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . ensembl Release 106. wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . ensembl Release 106. wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . ensembl Release 106. wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . ensembl Release 106. wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . HomoloGene build68. omabrowser.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . UniProt. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . ensembl Release 106. wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . ensembl Release 106. wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . UniProt. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . ensembl Release 106. wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . NCBI Gene. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . Bgee. Retrieved . bgee.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . Bgee. Retrieved . bgee.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . Bgee. Retrieved . bgee.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [18] ↑ . Bgee. Retrieved . bgee.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [19] ↑ . Bgee. Retrieved . bgee.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [20] ↑ . Bgee. Retrieved . bgee.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [21] ↑ . Bgee. Retrieved . bgee.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [22] ↑ . Bgee. Retrieved . bgee.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [23] ↑ . Bgee. Retrieved . bgee.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [24] ↑ . Bgee. Retrieved . bgee.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 24w ago · Mathieu Kappler · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    HGNC gene symbol → EGF
    Genetic association → renal hypomagnesemia 4
    RefSeq RNA ID → NM_001178130, NM_001178131, NM_001963 +22
    Exact match → http://identifiers.org/ncbigene/1950
    + 25 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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