Description: HGF is a potent mitogen for mature parenchymal hepatocyte cells, seems to be an hepatotrophic factor, and acts as growth factor for a broad spectrum of tissues and cell types. It has no detectable protease activity. (www.uniprot.org) Produced in CHO as a heterodimer, non-glycosylated, polypeptide chain consisting an alpha-chain of 463 amino acids and beta-chain of 234.