About The Medical Condition HCG Receptor
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HCG Receptor
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What's The Definition Of The Medical Condition HCG Receptor?
Those protein complexes or molecular sites on the surfaces and cytoplasm of gonadal cells that bind luteinizing or chorionic gonadotropic hormones and thereby cause the gonadal cells to synthesize and secrete sex steroids. The hormone-receptor complex is internalized from the plasma membrane and initiates steroid synthesis.
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