Term Information

Accession
GO:0016913
Name
follicle-stimulating hormone activity
Ontology
molecular_function
Synonyms
FSH activity, follicle stimulating hormone activity, follitropin activity
Alternate IDs
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Definition
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, and stimulates the epithelium of the seminiferous tubules to increase spermatogenesis. Source: ISBN:0198547684
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History
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Subset
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follicle-stimulating hormone activity [is_a relation] is_a  hormone activity (GO:0005179)

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