Definition of Inhibin
1. a human hormone [n -S]
Medical Definition of Inhibin
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Polypeptide hormone secreted by the hypophysis, that selectively suppresses the secretion of pituitary follicle-stimulating hormone. The molecule has two subunits (14 & 18 kD) and is a product of the gene family that includes TGF _. There are two forms, __A and __B, the _ subunit being shared with activin.
Inhibin is now, on the basis of gene knockout experiments, considered to be a tumour suppressor, the key gene being that for inhibin _.
This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology
(11 Mar 2008)
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