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Molecular advances in thyroglobulin disorders.
Clinica chimica acta; international journal of clinical chemistry - 1 Dec 2006
Rivolta Carina M, Targovnik Héctor M
Abstract excerpt
Synthesis of tri-iodothyronine (T(3)) and thyroxine (T(4)) follows a metabolic pathway that depends on the integrity of the thyroglobulin structure. This large glycoprotein is a homodimer of 660 kDa synthesized and secreted by the thyroid cells into the lumen of thyroid follicle. In humans it is coded by a single copy gene, 270 kb long, that maps on chromosome 8q24 and contains an 8.5 kb coding sequence divided...
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