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pro-opiomelanocortin — Polyprotein produced by the anterior pituitary that is cleaved to yield adrenocorticotrophin, a, b and g melanocyte stimulating hormones, lipotropic hormones, b endorphin, and other fragments … Dictionary of molecular biology
POMC — • pro opiomelanocortin … Dictionary of medical acronyms & abbreviations
Proopiomelanocortin — Pro opiomelanocortin (POMC) is a precursor polypeptide with 241 amino acid residues. This gene encodes a polypeptide hormone precursor that undergoes extensive, tissue specific, post translational processing via cleavage by subtilisin like… … Wikipedia
POMC — Pro opiomelanocortin (Medical) * Parents Of Murdered Children (Community » Non Profit Organizations) … Abbreviations dictionary
Melanocyte-stimulating hormone — proopiomelanocortin (adrenocorticotropin/ beta lipotropin/ alpha melanocyte stimulating hormone/ beta melanocyte stimulating hormone/ beta endorphin) Identifiers Symbol POMC Entrez 5443 … Wikipedia
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POMC — Abbreviation for proopiomelanocortin. * * * pro opiomelanocortin * * * pro opiomelanocortin … Medical dictionary
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Prohormone — A prohormone is a substance that is a precursor to a hormone, usually having minimal hormonal effect by itself. The term has been used in medical science since the middle of the 20th century. Examples of natural, human prohormones include… … Wikipedia
