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Category:GO:0016913 ! follicle-stimulating hormone activity
name: follicle-stimulating hormone activity
namespace: molecular_function
def: "The action characteristic of follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH), a gonadotrophic glycoprotein hormone secreted, in mammals, by the anterior pituitary gland. Upon receptor binding, FSH stimulates growth of Graafian follicles in the ovaries in females, and stimulates the epithelium of the seminiferous tubules to increase spermatogenesis." [ISBN:0198547684]
synonym: "follicle stimulating hormone activity" EXACT []
synonym: "follitropin activity" EXACT [ISBN:0198506732]
synonym: "FSH activity" EXACT [GOC:mah]
is_a: GO:0005179 ! hormone activity
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<GOterm>GO:0016913</GOterm>
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