Macrophage-stimulating protein receptor is a protein that in humans is encoded by the MST1Rgene.[5][6] MST1R is also known as RON (Recepteur d'Origine Nantais) kinase, named after the French city in which it was discovered. It is related to the c-MET receptor tyrosine kinase.[5][7]
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