Studies on the structure of thyrotropin: its relationship to luteinizing hormone

JG PIERCE, TAH LIAO, SM HowARD, B SHOME… - Proceedings of the 1970 …, 1971 - Elsevier
Publisher Summary This chapter describes the structure of thyrotropin and its relationship to
luteinizing hormone (LH). The pituitary peptide hormones were among the first compounds
to yield evidence for probable evolutionary relationships among proteins and peptides with
different functions—that is, oxytocin and vasopressin; the corticotropins, melanotropins, and
β-lipotropin; and more recently prolactin and growth hormone. The likelihood that follicle-
stimulating hormone (FSH) contains subunits was recognized by Gray, and Papkoff and …