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KIT (gene)
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<p>Proto-oncogene c-KIT is the gene encoding the <a href="/facts/Receptor_tyrosine_kinase/1oNWIdV8">receptor tyrosine kinase</a> protein known as tyrosine-protein kinase KIT, CD117 (<a href="/facts/Cluster_of_differentiation/cLEuDQId">cluster of differentiation</a> 117) or mast/stem cell growth factor receptor (SCFR). Multiple transcript variants encoding different isoforms have been found for this gene. KIT was first described by the German biochemist Axel Ullrich in 1987 as the cellular homolog of the feline sarcoma viral oncogene v-kit. </p>