Term Information

Accession
GO:0070186
Name
growth hormone activity
Ontology
molecular_function
Synonyms
GH activity, pituitary growth hormone activity, placental growth hormone activity
Alternate IDs
None
Definition
The action characteristic of growth hormone, a peptide hormone that is secreted by the anterior pituitary or the placenta into the circulation, and binds to membrane receptors in target tissues to stimulate body growth. Source: PMID:11445442, GOC:BHF, GOC:mah
Comment
None
History
See term history for GO:0070186 at QuickGO
Subset
None
Feedback
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Parents of growth hormone activity (GO:0070186)
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growth hormone activity [is_a relation] is_a  hormone activity (GO:0005179)
Children of growth hormone activity (GO:0070186)
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negative regulation of growth hormone activity (GO:1903548) [RO:0002212 relation] RO:0002212  growth hormone activity
regulation of growth hormone activity (GO:1903547) [RO:0002211 relation] RO:0002211  growth hormone activity
positive regulation of growth hormone activity (GO:1903549) [RO:0002213 relation] RO:0002213  growth hormone activity
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