Hormone

Hormone actions vary widely, but can include stimulation or inhibition of growth, induction or suppression of apoptosis (programmed cell death), activation or inhibition of the immune system, ...
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hormone
a chemical substance that is secreted by one organ and produces specific effects elsewhere
Source: Noland, George B. 1983. General Biology, 11th Edition. St. Louis, MO. C. V. Mosby ...
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Hormone-replacement therapy
ACTH
Alpha Melanocyte-Stimulating Hormone (α-MSH) The Posterior Lobe
Antidiuretic Hormone (ADH)
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Hormone
A hormone (from Greek horman - "to set in motion") is a chemical messenger from one cell (or group of cells) to another. All multicellular organisms (including plants) produce hormones.
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A hormone is any chemical produced in one part of the body that has a target elsewhere in the body. Plants have five classes of hormones. Animals, especially chordates, have a much larger number.
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(ACTH) A hormone of the anterior pituitary that stimulates the adrenal cortex to secrete hormones.
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Hormones also affect mature adults. Males and females have receptors for estrogens, progesterone, and androgens in various tissues.
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Hormones are molecules that cells use to communicate with one another. For example, cells in the pancreas produce the hormone insulin when glucose levels in the blood become elevated. The hormone travels within the blood to other parts of the body.
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hormones: Proteins produced by organs of the body that trigger activity in other locations.
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hormone
[Gk. hormaein, to excite]
One of many types of circulating chemical signals in all multicellular organisms that are formed in specialized cells, travel in body fluids, ...
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hormones: biochemical substances produced within plant or animal cells, or glands, that exert a particular effect.
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hormone 1. An organic molecule synthesized by a plant that exerts, even in low concentrations, profound regulation of growth and/or development. 2.
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Hormone one of the body's messenger molecules which affects the functioning of some other area of the body
(hormon = to excite)
Humerus the bone in the upper arm
(humer = the shoulder) ...
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A female sex hormone secreted by the corpus luteum that, in conjunction with estradiol, functions to prepare and maintain the uterine mucosa for the reception, implantation, and development of a fetus if fertilization occurs.
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Human growth hormone (HGH, somatotrophin). A protein produced in the pituitary gland that stimulates the liver to produce somatomedins, which stimulate growth of bone and muscle.
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114. Lactation hormone
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RH - any of several hormones produced in the hypothalamus and carried by a vein to the anterior pituitary gland where they stimulate the release of anterior pituitary hormones; ...
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A disease associated with the absence or reduced levels of insulin, a hormone essential for the transport of glucose to cells. Dideoxynucleotide (didN).
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cAMP A second messenger within cells; its formation by adenylate cyclase is stimulated by certain hormones (epinephrine) or other molecular signals.
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Meprins cleave bioactive peptides such as gastrin, cholecystokinin and parathyroid hormone, cytokines such as osteopontin and monocyte chemotactic peptide-1, as well as proteins such as gelatin, collagen IV, fibronectin and casein.
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A rare inherited disorder that affects the endocrine glands, which release hormones into the bloodstream. The disorder, also known as Wermer's syndrome, can cause multiple tumors in the parathyroid and pituitary glands and in the pancreas.
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Response element: By definition, a "response element" is a portion of a gene which must be present in order for that gene to respond to some hormone or other stimulus. Response elements are binding sites for transcription factors.
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competentia - meeting together, agreement, symmetry] The ability or state which renders a cell capable of responding to an inductor or hormone The dorsal ectoderm of amphibian embryos displays competence for neural induction. [P.D.
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An endocrine gland at the base of the hypothalamus; consists of a posterior lobe (neurohypophysis), which stores and releases two hormones produced by the hypothalamus, and an anterior lobe (adenohypophysis), ...
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Mendel's stem length gene has been shown to code for an enzyme involved in plant growth hormone synthesis.
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chorionic somatomammotropin - aka placental lactogen, a hormone that promotes maternal breast development during pregnancy.
chromosomal puff - expanded region of a polytene chromosome indicative of active messenger RNA synthesis.
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endocrine cell - specialized animal cell that secretes a hormone into the blood; usually part of a gland, such as the thyroid or pituitary gland ...
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Golgi apparatus -- Eukaryotic organelle which package cell products, such as enzymes and hormones, and coordinate their transport to the outside of the cell.
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Its function is seed protection and dispersal. Fruits are a development of the ovary wall and sometimes the other flower parts as well. Its formation is induced by the plant hormone
auxin
, which is released by the maturing seeds.
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determined by the base sequence of nucleotides in the gene coding for the protein. Proteins are required for the structure, function, and regulation of the bodys cells, tissues, and organs, and each protein has unique functions. Examples are hormones, ...
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These lizards evolved from sexual lizards whose hormones were aroused by sexual behavior. Now, although the sexual mode of reproduction has been lost, the means of getting aroused (and hence fertile) has been retained.
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