| Description |
Fibroblast Growth Factor-8 (FGF-8), is a heparin-binding growth factor of the FGF family. There are 4 known forms of FGF8 produced by alternative splicing: FGF8a, FGF-8b, FGF-8e and FGF-8f. The human and mouse FGF8b are identical of aa sequences. FGF-8 plays an important role in the regulation of embryonic development, cell proliferation, cell differentiation and cell migration. FGF-8 is required for normal brain, eye, ear and limb development during embryogenesis. It is also required for normal development of the gonadotropin- releasing hormone (GnRH) neuronal system. Recombinant, human Fibroblast Growth Factor-8 (rhFGF-8), produced in, E. coli, is a single non-glycosylated polypeptide chain containing 194 amino acids. A fully biologically active molecule, rhFGF-8 has a molecular mass of 22.5kDa analyzed by reducing SDS-PAGE and is obtained by proprietary chromatographic techniques at GenScript. |
| Storage |
Lyophilized recombinant, human Fibroblast Growth Factor-8 (rhFGF-8), remains stable up to 6 months at -80C from date of receipt. Upon reconstitution, rhFGF-8 should be stable up to 2 weeks at 4C or up to 3 months at -20C. |
