Hormones

Hormones of the Liver
The liver synthesizes and secretes at least three important hormones:
Insulin-like Growth Factor-1 (IGF-1)
Angiotensinogen
Thrombopoietin ...
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Plant Hormones A UK site with links and plant hormone-related data.
The Plant Hormone Home Page (Northern Illinois University) View a general introduction to plant hormones as well as specifics about your fave hormone.
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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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Many hormones are used as medication. The most commonly-prescribed hormones are estrogens and progestagens (in the contraceptive pill and as HRT), ...
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Hormones signalling is elaborate and hard to dissect. A cell can have several different receptors that recognize the same hormone, but activate different signal transduction pathways; ...
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hormones: Proteins produced by organs of the body that trigger activity in other locations.
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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 that stimulate the activities of the testes and ovaries; a collective term for follicle-stimulating and luteinizing hormones.
gonads
[Gk. gone, seed] ...
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hormones: biochemical substances produced within plant or animal cells, or glands, that exert a particular effect.
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trophic hormones Hormonal or neurosecretory products from endocrine glands or neurosecretory cells that influence the production and release of other hormone products from endocrine glands.
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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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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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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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Drugs that block the action of certain hormones on the heart. Beta blockers reduce the heart rate and the force of muscle contraction, thereby reducing the oxygen demand of heart muscles.
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z ...
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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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Androgens the collective name for male sex hormones including testosterone
(andro = a man; gen = bear produce)
Aneuploidy having an abnormal number of chromosomes
(aneu = without; ploid = set of chromosomes) ...
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any of a group of male sex hormones
Source: Noland, George B. 1983. General Biology, 11th Edition. St. Louis, MO. C. V. Mosby
Male sex hormone.
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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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steroids - hydrophobic molecule related to cholesterol. Many important hormones are steroids.
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1] N-terminal pre sequence of scretory proteins such as peptide hormones and membrane proteins.
2] The untranslated sequence at the 5'-ends of mRNA molecules.
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[L. ovarium - ovary] The female gonad: where primary oocytes develop into mature eggs through oogenesis. It is also responsible for the secretion of several female sex hormones (ie. estradiol and progesterone).
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Certain transcription factors are activated by stimuli such as hormones or heat shock. A gene may respond to the presence of that hormone because the gene has in its promoter region a binding site for hormone-activated transcription factor.
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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, enzymes, ...
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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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