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Abstract
The beta subunit of thyroid stimulating hormone, thyrotropin. It is a 112-amino acid glycopolypeptide of about 16 kD. Full biological activity of TSH requires the non-covalently bound heterodimers of an alpha and a beta subunit.
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- TSH, beta Chain
- TSH, beta Subunit
- TSH-beta
- TSHB Gene Product
- Thyroid Stimulating Hormone, beta Subunit
- Thyrotropin, beta Chain
- Thyrotropin, beta Polypeptide Chain
- Thyrotropin, beta Subunit
- Thyrotropin-beta
- TSH beta
- Thyrotropin beta
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Indexed with the subheadings administration & dosage, adverse effects, agonists, analogs & derivatives, analysis, antagonists & inhibitors, biosynthesis, blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemical synthesis, chemistry, classification, deficiency, drug effects, economics, genetics, history, immunology, isolation & purification, metabolism, pharmacokinetics, pharmacology, physiology, poisoning, radiation effects, standards, supply & distribution, therapeutic use, toxicity, urine.
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History Note
2003; use THYROTROPIN, BETA SUBUNIT (NM) 1983-2002
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Previous Indexing
- Thyrotropin (1975-2002)
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References
- National Library of Medicine. beta Subunit Thyrotropin. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D037322. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D037322
- beta Subunit Thyrotropin. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21122895