The following gene names and symbols are associated with antigen Met Proto-Oncogene (Hepatocyte Growth Factor Receptor) across different species:

hepatocyte growth factor (hepapoietin A; scatter factor) (HGF), hepatocyte growth factor (Hgf), hepatocyte growth factor (HGF), met proto-oncogene (hepatocyte growth factor receptor) (MET), met proto-oncogene (MET), hepatoCyte growth factor receptor (Tsp_05936), hepatocyte growth factor receptor-like (LOC100408551)

Other aliases include:

SF, HGFB, HPTA, F-TCF, DFNB39, NK1, NK2, HGF/SF, SF/HGF, C230052L06Rik, HGF, CACNA2D1, MET

On the protein level the following designations are being used for antigen Met Proto-Oncogene (Hepatocyte Growth Factor Receptor):

hepatocyte growth factor – scatter factor – hepatopoietin A – OTTHUMP00000206710 – lung fibroblast-derived mitogen – fibroblast-derived tumor cytotoxic factor – SF – hepatopoeitin-A – hepapoietin A – HGF alpha-chain – hepatocyte growth factor /scatter factor – calcium channel, voltage-dependent, alpha 2/delta subunit 1 – met proto-oncogene – hepatocyte growth factor receptor – Hepatocyte growth factor receptor – hepatoCyte growth factor receptor – hepatocyte growth factor receptor-like – SF receptor – HGF receptor – HGF/SF receptor – Proto-oncogene c-Met – Scatter factor receptor – Tyrosine-protein kinase Met

Met Proto-Oncogene (Hepatocyte Growth Factor Receptor) fulfills a number of functions:

catalytic activity – growth factor activity – protein binding – serine-type endopeptidase activity – protein heterodimerization activity – hepatocyte growth factor receptor binding

Met Proto-Oncogene (Hepatocyte Growth Factor Receptor) is relevant to the following processes:

activation of MAPK activity – anti-apoptosis – cell morphogenesis – epithelial to mesenchymal transition – hepatocyte growth factor receptor signaling pathway – liver development – mitosis – myoblast proliferation – proteolysis – regulation of branching involved in salivary gland morphogenesis by mesenchymal-epithelial signaling – cell proliferation – negative regulation of apoptosis – cellular component movement – organ regeneration – positive regulation of cell proliferation

Locations for Met Proto-Oncogene (Hepatocyte Growth Factor Receptor):

extracellular region – platelet alpha granule lumen – extracellular space

Source: NCBI Entrez Gene, Gene Ontology