somatostatin binding

Term ID

GO:0120023

Synonyms

Definition

Binding to somatostatin, a polypeptide hormone involved in regulating pancreatic alpha and pancreatic beta cells and controlling growth hormone secretion as well as many other functions. Somatostatin is produced by several cell types including pancreatic delta cells. There are several different mature forms of somatostatin. 20472043

References

Ontology

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