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Growth Hormone

Known as: GH, somatotrophin, Growth Hormone, Pituitary 
A polypeptide that is secreted by the adenohypophysis (PITUITARY GLAND, ANTERIOR). Growth hormone, also known as somatotropin, stimulates mitosis… 
National Institutes of Health

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Highly Cited
2010
Highly Cited
2010
Effect of salt stress on growth attributes and endogenous growth hormones of soybean cultivar Hwangkeumkong.
The adverse effects of NaCl induced salt stress on growth attributes and endogenous levels of gibberellins (GA), abscisic acid… 
Review
2003
Review
2003
Molecular adaptation and the origin of land plants.
Highly Cited
1991
Highly Cited
1991
Plant growth hormones control voltage-dependent activity of anion channels in plasma membrane of guard cells
THE opening of stomatal pores in the epidermis of plant leaves is caused by an increase in turgor pressure of the guard cells as… 
Highly Cited
1980
Highly Cited
1980
Genes for growth hormone, chorionic somatommammotropin, and growth hormones-like gene on chromosome 17 in humans.
The human genes for growth hormone (GH), chorionic somatomammotropin (CSH), and a third growth hormone-like gene (GHL) have been… 
Review
1976
Review
1976
Current Concepts of Somatomedin and Other Biologically Related Growth Factors
Since the discovery 20 years ago that the growth-promoting effects of somatotropin are mediated through a serum factor(s… 
Highly Cited
1972
Highly Cited
1972
Regulation of hepatic 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl coenzyme A reductase. Developmental pattern.
Highly Cited
1971
Highly Cited
1971
Evolutionary biology of prolactins and somatotropins. II. Electrophoretic comparison of tetrapod somatotropins.
Highly Cited
1971
Highly Cited
1971
In vitro maturation and ovulation of oocytes of the catfish, Heteropneustes fossilis (Bloch): effects of mammalian hypophyseal hormones, catfish pituitary homogenate, steroid precursors and…
Wolf and Quimby medium and its modified chemically-defined version were found to be most suitable among the eight media tested… 
Highly Cited
1961
Highly Cited
1961
The anatomical and physiological effects of prenatally administered somatotrophin on cerebral development in rats.
Highly Cited
1961
Highly Cited
1961
Influence of insulin on maintenance and secretory stimulation of mouse mammary tissues by hormones in organ-culture.
Mouse mammary tissues from late prelactating, early prelactating, and nonpregnant multiparous female C3H/Crgl mice were subjected… 
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