The Inhibin/Activin Family of Hormones and Growth Factors

Wylie Vale; Aaron J.W. Hsueh; Catherine Rivier; John Yu

doi:10.1007/978-3-642-74781-6_8

Keywords

Paracrine signallingAutocrine signallingHormoneFollistatinBiologyEndocrinologyInternal medicineFollicle-stimulating hormonePeptide hormoneFunction (biology)Luteinizing hormoneCell biologyReceptorMedicine

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National Cancer Institute US

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Year: 1990
Type: book-chapter
Pages: 211-248
Citations: 222
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                                    Wylie Vale, 
                                
                                    Aaron J.W. Hsueh, 
                                
                                    Catherine Rivier
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (1990). 
                            The Inhibin/Activin Family of Hormones and Growth Factors. 
                            Handbook of experimental pharmacology
                            
                            , 211-248.
                            https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-74781-6_8

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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-74781-6_8