loading...| Preferred Name |
corticotropin |
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| Synonyms |
Adrenocorticotropic hormone |
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| Definitions |
An anterior pituitary hormone that stimulates the secretion of CORTICOSTEROIDS and induces growth of the ADRENAL CORTEX. It is a single-chain polypeptide of about 39 amino acids, the first 24 of which are identical in all species. This 24-amino acid segment is said to be responsible for the biological activity of the peptide while the remaining 15-amino acid segment is said to be necessary for any immunological specificity. |
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| ID |
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/IMR_0100195 |
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| database cross reference |
MeSH:D000324 |
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| definition |
An anterior pituitary hormone that stimulates the secretion of CORTICOSTEROIDS and induces growth of the ADRENAL CORTEX. It is a single-chain polypeptide of about 39 amino acids, the first 24 of which are identical in all species. This 24-amino acid segment is said to be responsible for the biological activity of the peptide while the remaining 15-amino acid segment is said to be necessary for any immunological specificity. An anterior pituitary hormone that stimulates the secretion of CORTICOSTEROIDS and induces growth of the ADRENAL CORTEX. It is a single-chain polypeptide of about 39 amino acids, the first 24 of which are identical in all species. This 24-amino acid segment is said to be responsible for the biological activity of the peptide while the remaining 15-amino acid segment is said to be necessary for any immunological specificity. |
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| has_exact_synonym |
Adrenocorticotropic hormone ACTH |
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| label |
corticotropin |
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| prefixIRI |
IMR:0100195 |
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| prefLabel |
corticotropin |
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| subClassOf |