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Activating mutations of the lutropin choriogonadotropin receptor in precocious puberty.
Receptors & channels - 1 Jan 2002
Shenker Andrew
Abstract excerpt
The human receptor for lutropin and chorionic gonadotropin (LHR) is a member of the G-protein-coupled receptor superfamily and plays a key role in normal and abnormal reproductive physiology. Naturally occurring mutations of the LHR gene that lead to hormone-independent signaling are associated with abnormal Leydig cell growth and precocious puberty in boys. These mutations affect 13 different residues in the...
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