Entrez gene ID | | 2488 |
Official gene symbol | | FSHB |
Full name | | follicle stimulating hormone, beta polypeptide |
Aliases | | ,-, |
Gene summary | | The pituitary glycoprotein hormone family includes follicle-stimulating hormone, luteinizing hormone, chorionic gonadotropin, and thyroid-stimulating hormone. All of these glycoproteins consist of an identical alpha subunit and a hormone-specific beta subunit. This gene encodes the beta subunit of follicle-stimulating hormone. In conjunction with luteinizing hormone, follicle-stimulating hormone induces egg and sperm production. Alternative splicing results in two transcript variants encoding the same protein. [provided by RefSeq] |
Location | | Chromosome: 11 Locus: 11p13 |
Gene position | | 30252563 - 30256824 Map Viewer |
Gene orientation | | plus |
Gene size | | 4262 bp |
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