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Category:GO:0017045 ! corticotropin-releasing hormone activity
name: corticotropin-releasing hormone activity
namespace: molecular_function
def: "The action characteristic of corticotropin-releasing hormone (CRH), any of a number of peptides released by the mammalian hypothalamus into the hypophyseal-portal circulation in response to neural and/or chemical stimuli. Upon receptor binding, CRH increases the rate of corticotropin secretion by the anterior pituitary." [ISBN:0198506732]
synonym: "adrenocorticotropin-releasing hormone" EXACT []
xref: Wikipedia:Corticotropin-releasing_hormone
is_a: GO:0005179 ! hormone activity
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<GOterm>GO:0017045</GOterm>
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