"Receptors, Progesterone" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Specific proteins found in or on cells of progesterone target tissues that specifically combine with progesterone. The cytosol progesterone-receptor complex then associates with the nucleic acids to initiate protein synthesis. There are two kinds of progesterone receptors, A and B. Both are induced by estrogen and have short half-lives.
| Descriptor ID |
D011980
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D12.776.826.750.765
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| Concept/Terms |
Receptors, Progesterone- Receptors, Progesterone
- Progesterone Receptor
- Receptor, Progesterone
- Progestin Receptors
- Receptors, Progestin
- Progesterone Receptors
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Gonadal steroid hormone receptors and sex differences in the hypothalamo-pituitary-adrenal axis. Horm Behav. 1994 Dec; 28(4):464-76.