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Prolactin(medicine)
prolactin(dictionary)
Prolactin(health)
prolactin protease(medicine)
prolactin cell(medicine)
prolactin unit(medicine)
receptors, prolactin(medicine)
prolactin-releasing hormone(medicine)
prolactin-inhibiting hormone(medicine)

Prolactin (medicine)


prolactin
<protein> Pituitary lactogenic hormone (23 kD) Synthesised on endoplasmic reticulum bound ribosomes as preprolactin that has an N terminal signal peptide that is cleaved from the mature form. The conversion of preprolactin to prolactin has been much used as an assay for membrane insertion.