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... > Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins > Proteins > Blood Proteins > Serum Globulins > Alpha-Globulins > Progesterone-Binding Globulin
... > Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins > Proteins > Globulins > Serum Globulins > Alpha-Globulins > Progesterone-Binding Globulin

Preferred term

Progesterone-Binding Globulin  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Progesterone Binding Protein
  • Progesterone-Binding Protein
  • Protein, Progesterone-Binding
  • Transprogestin

Note

  • an alpha-globulin; /biosyn /physiol permitted

Scope note

  • A glycoprotein migrating as alpha 1-globulin, molecular weight 70,000 to 120,000. The protein, which is present in increased amounts in the plasma during pregnancy, binds mainly progesterone, with other steroids including testosterone competing weakly.

History note

  • 91(77); was see under ALPHA GLOBULINS 1977-90

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D011376

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