Mitogen
A chemical substance, usually a protein, that induces a cell to begin cell division; mitosis. Mitogenesis is the induction (triggering of mitosis, typically via a mitgen. The mechanism of action of mitogen is that it triggers signal transduction pathways involving mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) leading to mitsosis.
Extracellular growth factors and mitogens cooperate to drive mitochondrial biogenesis
Mitogen and co-mitogen stimulation of lymphocytes inhibited by three Ca++ antagonists
The role of mitogens and antigens in the generation of antibody-producing human B lymphocytes