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Preferred term

beta-MSH  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • beta Intermedin
  • beta Melanocyte Stimulating Hormone
  • beta Melanocyte-Stimulating Hormone
  • beta-Melanocyte-Stimulating Hormone
  • beta Melanotropin
  • beta-Melanotropin
  • Intermedin, beta
  • Melanocyte Stimulating Hormone, beta
  • Melanocyte-Stimulating Hormone, beta
  • MSH, beta

Scope note

  • An 18-amino acid peptide that is the C-terminal fragment of gamma-lipotropin which is the N-terminal fragment of BETA-LIPOTROPIN. Beta-MSH is shown to regulate skin pigmentation, steroid production, and feeding.

History note

  • 1998

In other languages

  • beeta-MSH

    Finnish

  • melanosyyttejä stimuloiva hormoni beeta
  • MSH-beeta
  • Beta-MSH

    Swedish

URI

http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D019824

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