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[Structure-function relations of glycoprotein hormone receptors and their medical applications].
Bulletin et memoires de l'Academie royale de medecine de Belgique - 1 Jan 2004
Costagliola S
Abstract excerpt
The Thyrotropin receptor (TSHr), like the other members of glycoprotein hormone receptors (GPHR) family (LH/CG and FSH receptors), presents a bipartite structure, with a carboxyl-terminal serpentine region implicated in the transmission of the signal activation and a large extracellular domain (ECD) responsible of the hormone binding with a high affinity. This asks the question of the mechanism implicated in the...
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