motogen

motogen
Term proposed for substances that stimulate cell motility - by analogy with those that stimulate cell division (mitogens). Scatter factor (hepatocyte growth factor) is an example, though it seems likely that factors may be motogens for some cells and mitogens for others and may be motogens, mitogens or both depending upon the local conditions in which the cell is operating.

Dictionary of molecular biology. 2004.

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