Sex Hormone-Binding Globulin
"Sex Hormone-Binding Globulin" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A glycoprotein migrating as a beta-globulin. Its molecular weight, 52,000 or 95,000-115,000, indicates that it exists as a dimer. The protein binds testosterone, dihydrotestosterone, and estradiol in the plasma. Sex hormone-binding protein has the same amino acid sequence as ANDROGEN-BINDING PROTEIN. They differ by their sites of synthesis and post-translational oligosaccharide modifications.
| Descriptor ID |
D012738
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D12.776.124.790.223.800 D12.776.157.762 D12.776.377.715.182.800
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| Concept/Terms |
Sex Hormone-Binding Globulin- Sex Hormone-Binding Globulin
- Globulin, Sex Hormone-Binding
- Hormone-Binding Globulin, Sex
- Sex Hormone Binding Globulin
- Testosterone-Estradiol Binding Globulin
- Binding Globulin, Testosterone-Estradiol
- Globulin, Testosterone-Estradiol Binding
- Testosterone Estradiol Binding Globulin
- Sex Steroid-Binding Protein
- Sex Steroid Binding Protein
- Steroid-Binding Protein, Sex
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