"Secretogranin II" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A type of chromogranin which was initially characterized in the ANTERIOR PITUITARY GLAND. It is found in several species including human, rat, mouse, and others. Secretogranin II is an acidic protein of 559 to 586 amino acid residues that can stimulate DOPAMINE release from neurons and release of pituitary GONADOTROPINS.
| Descriptor ID |
D053381
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D12.776.631.199.750
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