Date of Award
6-2014
Document Type
Open Access
Degree Name
Bachelor of Science
Department
Biology
First Advisor
Brian Cohen
Language
English
Keywords
hormone, caveolin, follicle, protein
Abstract
Located in the brain and stimulated by releasing hormones from the hypothalamus, the anterior pituitary gland secretes hormones into the blood stream that get dispersed throughout the body resulting in a physiological change. One of those hormones is the human follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH), which is a glycoprotein that is essential for reproduction in both males and females (Dias, James). FSH is a dimeric protein made up of two pieces, an alpha subunit, and a beta subunit. The alpha subunit is familiar to all glycoprotein hormones, such as luteinizing hormone, and the thyroid-stimulating hormone. The beta subunit is specific to FSH and is responsible for FSH interaction with its receptor.
Recommended Citation
Wood, David, "Investigating The Colocalization Of The Follicle Stimulating Hormone Receptor With Caveolin In Lipid Rafts" (2014). Honors Theses. 615.
https://digitalworks.union.edu/theses/615