Medical Definition of Galactopoietic factor

1. 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. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Galactopoietic Factor

galactokinase
galactokinase deficiency
galactokinase deficiency galactosaemia
galactometer
galactonate dehydratase
galactonolactone dehydrogenase
galactophagia
galactophagous
galactophore
galactophoritis
galactophorous
galactophorous canals
galactophorous ducts
galactopoiesis
galactopoietic
galactopoietic factor (current term)
galactopoietic hormone
galactopyranose
galactorrhea
galactorrheas
galactorrhoea
galactosaemia
galactosamine
galactosamine
galactosamines
galactosaminidase
galactosaminoglycan
galactosans
galactoscope
galactose

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