follicle-stimulating hormone activity (Q21107487)
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The action characteristic of follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH), a gonadotrophic glycoprotein hormone secreted, in mammals, by the anterior pituitary gland. Upon receptor binding, FSH stimulates growth of Graafian follicles in the ovaries in females,
- follitropin activity
- GO:0016913
- FSH activity
- follicle stimulating hormone activity
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| English | follicle-stimulating hormone activity |
The action characteristic of follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH), a gonadotrophic glycoprotein hormone secreted, in mammals, by the anterior pituitary gland. Upon receptor binding, FSH stimulates growth of Graafian follicles in the ovaries in females, |
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