NCIt definition : Growth-regulated alpha protein (107 aa, 11 kDa) is encoded by the human CXCL1 gene.
This protein plays a role in neutrophil chemotaxis.;
NCIt note : There are 3 N-terminal processed forms of growth regulated protein alpha: GRO-alpha(4-73),
GRO-alpha(5-73) and GRO-alpha(6-73), which are produced by proteolytic cleavage following
secretion of the full-length protein from peripheral blood monocytes. (UniProt);