Article
Prolactin and growth hormone: molecular heterogeneity and measurement in serum.
Annals of clinical biochemistry - 1 Nov 1990
Smith C R, Norman M R
Abstract excerpt
The pituitary hormones prolactin and growth hormone are related single-chain polypeptides. Both hormones exist in the circulation in several molecular forms, and this heterogeneity may account for some of the complex and sometimes contradictory actions, in vivo and in vitro, of both hormones. It may also lead to problems with quantitation by immunoassays and discrepancies between the results given by assays using...
Topics
- Genetic Variation
- Growth Hormone
- Humans
- Multigene Family
- Prolactin
- Protein Conformation
- Protein Processing, Post-Translational