Autocrine Motility Factor

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Autocrine Motility Factor


A protein cytokine secreted by tumor cells. It elicits increases in cell motility and phosphoinositide metabolism in the secreting cell via a pertussis toxin-sensitive G-protein signal transduction pathway. It is closely related to PHOSPHOHEXOSE ISOMERASE; NEUROLEUKIN; and maturation factor.


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