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Term:
gonadotropin hormone-releasing hormone activity (GO:0005183)
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Parent Terms Term With Siblings Child Terms
hormone activity +     
corticotropin-releasing hormone activity  
digestive hormone activity  
diuretic hormone activity  
follicle-stimulating hormone activity  
gonadotropin hormone-releasing hormone activity  
The action characteristic of gonadotropin hormone-releasing hormone (GnRH), any of a family of decapeptide amide hormones that are released by the hypothalamus in response to neural and/or chemical stimuli. In at least mammals, upon receptor binding, GnRH causes the release of follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) and luteinizing hormone (LH) by the anterior pituitary.
growth hormone activity  
growth hormone-releasing hormone activity  
melanin-concentrating hormone activity  
melanocyte-stimulating hormone activity 
myoinhibitory hormone activity 
myostimulatory hormone activity 
neuropeptide hormone activity +   
pituitary adenylate cyclase activating polypeptide activity  
thyrotropin-releasing hormone activity  

Synonyms
Exact Synonyms: GnRH activity ;   LH/FSH-RF ;   LHRH activity ;   gonadotrophin hormone-releasing hormone activity ;   luteinizing hormone-releasing factor activity ;   luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone activity ;   luteinizing hormone/follicle-stimulating hormone releasing factor activity
Only In Taxon: NCBITaxon:33208 ! Metazoa
Definition Sources: ISBN:0198506732, PMID:11026571, Wikipedia:Gonadotropin-releasing_hormone

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