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Constitutive activity in gonadotropin receptors.
Advances in pharmacology (San Diego, Calif.) - 1 Jan 2014
Ulloa-Aguirre Alfredo, Reiter Eric, Bousfield George, Dias James A, Huhtaniemi Ilpo
Abstract excerpt
Constitutively active mutants (CAMs) of gonadotropin receptors are, in general, rare conditions. Luteinizing hormone-choriogonadotropin receptor (LHCGR) CAMs provoke the dramatic phenotype of familial gonadotropin-independent isosexual male-limited precocious puberty, whereas in females, there is not yet any identified phenotype. Only one isolated follicle-stimulating hormone receptor (FSHR) CAM (Asp567Gly) has...
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