# Kit ligand

> mammalian protein found in Mus musculus

**Wikidata**: [Q14912447](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14912447)  
**Source**: https://4ort.xyz/entity/kit-ligand-q14912447


## References

1. UniProt
2. [InterPro Release 71.0](http://www.ebi.ac.uk/interpro/protein/P20826)
3. Q20641742
4. [Stat5 expression is critical for mast cell development and survival](http://www.ebi.ac.uk/QuickGO/annotations?geneProductId=UniProtKB:P20826)
5. [GOA](http://www.ebi.ac.uk/QuickGO/annotations?geneProductId=UniProtKB:P20826)
6. [Molecular cloning of the mouse APS as a member of the Lnk family adaptor proteins](http://www.ebi.ac.uk/QuickGO/annotations?geneProductId=UniProtKB:P20826)
7. [The hematopoietic growth factor KL is encoded by the Sl locus and is the ligand of the c-kit receptor, the gene product of the W locus](http://www.ebi.ac.uk/QuickGO/annotations?geneProductId=UniProtKB:P20826)
8. [Phylogenetic-based propagation of functional annotations within the Gene Ontology consortium](http://www.ebi.ac.uk/QuickGO/annotations?geneProductId=UniProtKB:P20826)
9. [Dissection of the c-Kit signaling pathway in mouse primordial germ cells by retroviral-mediated gene transfer](http://www.ebi.ac.uk/QuickGO/annotations?geneProductId=UniProtKB:P20826)
10. [Akt/PTEN signaling mediates estrogen-dependent proliferation of primordial germ cells in vitro](http://www.ebi.ac.uk/QuickGO/annotations?geneProductId=UniProtKB:P20826)
11. [Interleukin-12 enhances interleukin-3 dependent multilineage hematopoietic colony formation stimulated by interleukin-11 or steel factor](http://www.ebi.ac.uk/QuickGO/annotations?geneProductId=UniProtKB:P20826)
12. [Genetic and biochemical evidence that haploinsufficiency of the Nf1 tumor suppressor gene modulates melanocyte and mast cell fates in vivo](http://www.ebi.ac.uk/QuickGO/annotations?geneProductId=UniProtKB:P20826)
13. [Indispensable role of Bcl2 in the development of the melanocyte stem cell](http://www.ebi.ac.uk/QuickGO/annotations?geneProductId=UniProtKB:P20826)
14. [Genotype-dependent effects of TGF-β1 on mast cell function: targeting the Stat5 pathway](http://www.ebi.ac.uk/QuickGO/annotations?geneProductId=UniProtKB:P20826)
15. [Forced expression of the histone demethylase Fbxl10 maintains self-renewing hematopoietic stem cells](http://www.ebi.ac.uk/QuickGO/annotations?geneProductId=UniProtKB:P20826)
16. [Hyperactivation of p21(ras) and the hematopoietic-specific Rho GTPase, Rac2, cooperate to alter the proliferation of neurofibromin-deficient mast cells in vivo and in vitro](http://www.ebi.ac.uk/QuickGO/annotations?geneProductId=UniProtKB:P20826)
17. [Steel factor controls midline cell death of primordial germ cells and is essential for their normal proliferation and migration](http://www.ebi.ac.uk/QuickGO/annotations?geneProductId=UniProtKB:P20826)
18. [Enhancement of murine hematopoiesis by synergistic interactions between steel factor (ligand for c-kit), interleukin-11, and other early acting factors in culture](http://www.ebi.ac.uk/QuickGO/annotations?geneProductId=UniProtKB:P20826)
19. [Stat5a is essential for the proliferation and survival of murine mast cells](http://www.ebi.ac.uk/QuickGO/annotations?geneProductId=UniProtKB:P20826)
20. [Analysis of melanocyte precursors in Nf1 mutants reveals that MGF/KIT signaling promotes directed cell migration independent of its function in cell survival](http://www.ebi.ac.uk/QuickGO/annotations?geneProductId=UniProtKB:P20826)
21. [Loss of the nf1 tumor suppressor gene decreases fas antigen expression in myeloid cells](http://www.ebi.ac.uk/QuickGO/annotations?geneProductId=UniProtKB:P20826)
22. [GOA](http://www.ebi.ac.uk/QuickGO/annotations?protein=P20826&geneProductId=UniProtKB:P20826)
23. ensembl Release 106