Interleukin-7 from mouse, =97% (SDS-PAGE), recombinant, expressed in E. coli, lyophilized powder, cell culture tested

Synonym: IL-7

MDL number: MFCD00164819

Physical form
Lyophilized from a 0.2 µm filtered solution in phosphate buffered saline containing 0.25 mg bovine serum albumin.

Biochem/physiol Actions
Interleukin-7 is a lymphoid cell growth factor which affects pre-B, pro-B and early T cells. It supports the growth of early B cells and is mitogenic for thymocytes and co-mitogenic with PHA and Con A. IL-7 stimulates the proliferation of CD4/CD8 cells. Human and mouse IL-7 have 60% amino acid sequence identity.