Growth Hormone, Rat

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Description

Hormone releasing factors and releasing hormones are signaling molecules produced by glands in multicellular organisms. The glands that secrete Luteinizing hormones LHRG and LH, FSH comprise the endocrine signaling system. The term growth hormone releasing hormone GHRH is sometimes extended to include chemicals produced by cells that affect the same cell (autocrine or intracrine signaling) or nearby cells (paracrine signaling). Human recombinant LHRG and GHRH are produced in E. coli or in yeast cells.
About

Rats are used to make rat monoclonal anti mouse antibodies. There are less rat- than mouse clones however. Rats genes from rodents of the genus Rattus norvegicus are often studied in vivo as a model of human genes in Sprague-Dawley or Wistar rats.
Latin name

Rattus norvegicus

Identity

HGNC:4262
Gene

GH2
Long gene name

growth hormone 2
Synonyms
- GH-V
- GHV
- GHL
- hGH-V
Synonyms name
- placental-specific growth hormone
- placenta-specific growth hormone
GenBank acession
- J03756
Locus

17q23.3
Discovery year

2001-06-22
Entrez gene record

2689
Pubmed identfication
- 6306568
RefSeq identity
- NM_002059
Classification
- Growth hormone family
VEGA ID

OTTHUMG00000172284