| OBO ID: GO:0016913 |
| Term Name: | follicle-stimulating hormone activity | Search Ontology: | |
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| Definition: | The action characteristic of follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH), a gonadotrophic glycoprotein hormone secreted, in mammals, by the anterior pituitary gland. Upon receptor binding, FSH stimulates growth of Graafian follicles in the ovaries in females, and stimulates the epithelium of the seminiferous tubules to increase spermatogenesis. 0198547684 | ||
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| Ontology: | GO: Molecular Function QuickGO AmiGO |
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