 Receptors, Pituitary Hormone
"Receptors, Pituitary Hormone" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Cell surface proteins that bind pituitary hormones with high affinity and trigger intracellular changes influencing the behavior of cells. Since many pituitary hormones are also released by neurons as neurotransmitters, these receptors are also found in the nervous system.
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D011979
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D12.776.543.750.750.660
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| Concept/Terms |
Receptors, Pituitary Hormone- Receptors, Pituitary Hormone
- Receptors, Pituitary Hormones
- Pituitary Hormones Receptors
- Pituitary Hormone Receptors
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Sturm RA, Box NF, Ramsay M. Human pigmentation genetics: the difference is only skin deep. Bioessays. 1998 Sep; 20(9):712-21.
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Box NF, Wyeth JR, O'Gorman LE, Martin NG, Sturm RA. Characterization of melanocyte stimulating hormone receptor variant alleles in twins with red hair. Hum Mol Genet. 1997 Oct; 6(11):1891-7.
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Spritz RA. A study in scarlet. Nat Genet. 1995 Nov; 11(3):225-6.
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