Abstract
Chemical and physical properties related to function of the human choriogonadotropin (hCG) are reviewed and compared with the other pituitary glycoproteins: lutropin (LH), follitropin (FSH) and thyrotropin (TSH).
MeSH terms
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Amino Acid Sequence
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Biological Evolution
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Chemical Phenomena
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Chemistry
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Chorion / metabolism
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Chorionic Gonadotropin* / biosynthesis
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Chorionic Gonadotropin, beta Subunit, Human
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Female
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Glycoprotein Hormones, alpha Subunit
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Humans
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Kinetics
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Luteinizing Hormone
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Peptide Fragments / biosynthesis
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Pregnancy
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Protein Conformation
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Structure-Activity Relationship
Substances
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Chorionic Gonadotropin
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Chorionic Gonadotropin, beta Subunit, Human
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Glycoprotein Hormones, alpha Subunit
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Peptide Fragments
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Luteinizing Hormone