Description: Fibroblast growth factor-9(FGF-9) is a steroid-regulated mitogen and survival factor for nerve and mesenchymal cells. The horse equine FGF-9 cDNA cloned by using oligonucleotide probes encodes a polypeptide consisting of 208 amino acids. Sequence similarity to other members of the FGF family has been estimated to be around 30%. FGF-9 is an autocrine estromedin endometrial stromal growth factor that plays roles in cyclic proliferation of uterine endometrial stroma. FGF9 is produced a