Progesterone-Binding Globulin
"Progesterone-Binding Globulin" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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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.
| Descriptor ID |
D011376
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D12.776.124.790.106.740 D12.776.377.715.085.740
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| Concept/Terms |
Progesterone-Binding Globulin- Progesterone-Binding Globulin
- Globulin, Progesterone-Binding
- Progesterone Binding Globulin
- Transprogestin
- Progesterone-Binding Protein
- Progesterone Binding Protein
- Protein, Progesterone-Binding
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Progesterone-Binding Globulin" by people in Profiles.
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Ovarian carcinoma: histologic and clinical correlation of cytoplasmic estrogen and progesterone binding. Gynecol Oncol. 1981 Dec; 12(3):319-27.
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Clinical correlates of estrogen- and progesterone-binding proteins in human endometrial adenocarcinoma. Obstet Gynecol. 1980 Mar; 55(3):363-70.