An engineered dimeric fragment of hepatocyte growth factor is a potent c-MET agonist.

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Published in FEBS Lett on November 21, 2014

Authors

Cassie J Liu1, Douglas S Jones2, Ping-Chuan Tsai2, Abhishek Venkataramana2, Jennifer R Cochran3

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Chemical Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, United States.
2: Department of Bioengineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, United States.
3: Department of Chemical Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, United States; Department of Bioengineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, United States. Electronic address: jennifer.cochran@stanford.edu.

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