- growth hormone
- A protein made by the pituitary gland that helps control body growth and the use of glucose and fat in the body. Also called somatotropin.
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Growth hormone 2 — Growth hormone 2, also known as GH2, is a human gene.cite web | title = Entrez Gene: GH2 growth hormone 2| url = http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?Db=gene Cmd=ShowDetailView TermToSearch=2689| accessdate = ] PBB Summary section title =… … Wikipedia
Growth hormone 1 — Growth hormone 1, also known as GH1, is a human gene. PBB Summary section title = summary text = The protein encoded by this gene is a member of the somatotropin/prolactin family of hormones which play an important role in growth control. The… … Wikipedia
growth hormone — n. 1. a polypeptide hormone of the anterior part of the pituitary gland, that promotes normal growth 2. any of various substances that promote growth, as of plants or beef cattle … English World dictionary
growth hormone — ► NOUN ▪ a hormone which stimulates growth in animal or plant cells … English terms dictionary
growth hormone — growth hormone. См. соматотропный гормон. (Источник: «Англо русский толковый словарь генетических терминов». Арефьев В.А., Лисовенко Л.А., Москва: Изд во ВНИРО, 1995 г.) … Молекулярная биология и генетика. Толковый словарь.
Growth hormone — HGH redirects here. For other uses, see HGH (disambiguation). Growth hormone 1 Growth hormone Identifiers Symbol GH1 … Wikipedia
Growth hormone — A hormone made in the pituitary gland that stimulates the release of another hormone called somatomedin by the liver, thereby causing growth. Growth hormone is synonymous with somatotropin and somatropin. More specifically (and technically),… … Medical dictionary
growth hormone — GH; = somatotrophin a hormone, synthesized and stored in the anterior pituitary gland, that promotes growth of the long bones in the limbs and increases protein synthesis (via somatomedin). Its release is controlled by the opposing actions of… … The new mediacal dictionary
growth hormone — any substance that stimulates or controls the growth of an organism, esp. a species specific hormone, as the human hormone somatotropin, secreted by the anterior pituitary gland. Abbr.: GH [1920 25] * * * also called somatotropin , or human… … Universalium
Growth Hormone — Somatotropin Strukturmodell des Somatotropin nach Kristallstruktur.[1] … Deutsch Wikipedia
Growth hormone — Somatotropin Strukturmodell des Somatotropin nach Kristallstruktur.[1] … Deutsch Wikipedia
