(Q21107487)

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follicle-stimulating hormone activity

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,

  • follitropin activity
  • GO:0016913
  • FSH activity
  • follicle stimulating hormone activity

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