REGULATION OF VITAMIN D METABOLISM
REGULATION OF VITAMIN D METABOLISM Part of “CHAPTER 54 – VITAMIN D“ The metabolic activation of vitamin D is subject to both coarse-and fine-control mechanisms operating at the principal enzymatic…
CONCLUSION
CONCLUSION Part of “CHAPTER 53 – CALCITONIN GENE FAMILY OF PEPTIDES“ Related posts: FUTURE PROSPECTS HEIGHT AND WEIGHT REGULATION OF THE GROWTH HORMONE RECEPTOR AND BINDING PROTEIN GONADOTROPE ADENOMAS OF…
RECEPTORS OF THE CALCITONIN GENE FAMILY OF PEPTIDES
RECEPTORS OF THE CALCITONIN GENE FAMILY OF PEPTIDES Part of “CHAPTER 53 – CALCITONIN GENE FAMILY OF PEPTIDES“ The peptides of the CT-gene family exert their bioeffects through binding to…
ADRENOMEDULLIN
ADRENOMEDULLIN Part of “CHAPTER 53 – CALCITONIN GENE FAMILY OF PEPTIDES“ ADM, originating from the CALC-V gene (see Fig. 53-1 and Fig. 53-2), is a 52-amino-acid peptide originally isolated from…
CALCITONIN GENE–RELATED PEPTIDES
CALCITONIN GENE–RELATED PEPTIDES Part of “CHAPTER 53 – CALCITONIN GENE FAMILY OF PEPTIDES“ ALTERNATIVE GENE EXPRESSION The CALC-I gene gives rise to more than one bioactive peptide: CT and CGRP….
PROCALCITONIN AND ITS DERIVATIVE PEPTIDES
PROCALCITONIN AND ITS DERIVATIVE PEPTIDES Part of “CHAPTER 53 – CALCITONIN GENE FAMILY OF PEPTIDES“ The CALC-I gene encodes the information for the structure of the polypeptide precursor of CT,…
CALCITONIN
CALCITONIN Part of “CHAPTER 53 – CALCITONIN GENE FAMILY OF PEPTIDES“ For reasons that are elucidated later, the following discussion distinguishes between CT and its precursor peptides (CTpr), which have…
