| Type: | Family | Name: | Imaginal disc growth factor |
| Description: | Imaginal disc growth factors (also known as chitinase-like proteins) are soluble factors involved in the regulation of proliferation in imaginal discs. They were discovered in Drosophila melanogaster(Fruit fly), and orthologs appear in Bombyx mori(Silk moth) among others; similar glycoproteins of unknown function have also been found in mammals. IDGFs are structurally related to chitinases, although they have no catalytic activity and appear to act as lectins []. | Short Name: | Imaginal_disc_gf |
