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Royal jelly was fractionated by ion-exchange chromatography and a protein (DIII protein) that had growth stimulating activity to the U-937 human myeloid cell line was obtained. The molecular weight of the DIII protein was 58 kDa on SDS-PAGE. The growth stimulating activity of the DIII protein was shown to be relatively heat and pH stable.
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Watanabe, K., Shinmoto, H., Kobori, M. et al. Stimulation of cell growth in the U-937 human myeloid cell line by honey royal jelly protein. Cytotechnology 26, 23–27 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1007928408128
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