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Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins > Proteins > Pregnancy Proteins > Chorionic Gonadotropin
Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins > Peptides > Peptide Hormones > Gonadotropins > Chorionic Gonadotropin
... > Chemical Actions and Uses > Pharmacologic Actions > Physiological Effects of Drugs > Hormones, Hormone Substitutes, and Hormone Antagonists > Hormones > Peptide Hormones > Gonadotropins > Chorionic Gonadotropin
Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins > Peptides > Peptide Hormones > Placental Hormones > Chorionic Gonadotropin
... > Chemical Actions and Uses > Pharmacologic Actions > Physiological Effects of Drugs > Hormones, Hormone Substitutes, and Hormone Antagonists > Hormones > Peptide Hormones > Placental Hormones > Chorionic Gonadotropin

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Chorionic Gonadotropin  

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Definition

  • A gonadotropic glycoprotein hormone produced primarily by the PLACENTA. Similar to the pituitary LUTEINIZING HORMONE in structure and function, chorionic gonadotropin is involved in maintaining the CORPUS LUTEUM during pregnancy. CG consists of two noncovalently linked subunits, alpha and beta. Within a species, the alpha subunit is virtually identical to the alpha subunits of the three pituitary glycoprotein hormones (TSH, LH, and FSH), but the beta subunit is unique and confers its biological specificity (CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN, BETA SUBUNIT, HUMAN).

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Synonym(s)

  • Choriogonadotropin

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In other languages

  • Gonadotrophine chorionique

    French

  • Choriogonadotrophine
  • Choriogonadotropine
  • Gonadotrophine placentaire
  • Gonadotropine chorionique
  • Hormone chorionique gonadotrophique

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-C19QCWX8-5

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