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bn:00014670n

Noun Concept

Categories: Human hormones, Hormones of calcium metabolism, Genes on human chromosome 11, Tumor markers, Thyroid

calcitonin thyrocalcitonin CALCA CALC1 CGRP

Thyroid hormone that tends to lower the level of calcium in the blood plasma and inhibit resorption of bone WordNet 3.0

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Thyroid hormone that tends to lower the level of calcium in the blood plasma and inhibit resorption of bone WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet

Calcitonin is a 32 amino acid peptide hormone secreted by parafollicular cells of the thyroid in humans and other chordates in the ultimopharyngeal body. Wikipedia

A hormone produced in the thyroid gland Wikipedia Disambiguation

Protein-coding gene in the species Homo sapiens Wikidata

IS A

PART OF

BIOLOGICAL PROCESS

CELL COMPONENT

intracellular anatomical structure

+1 relations

CHROMOSOME

chromosome 11

DISCOVERER OR INVENTOR

ENCODED BY

ENCODES

FOUND IN TAXON

MOLECULAR FUNCTION

plasma protein binding

WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet

calcitonin, thyrocalcitonin

Wikipedia

calcitonin

Wikidata

CALCA, Calcitonin

Wikipedia Redirections

CALCA, Calcimar, Calcitonin human, Cibacalcin, Fortical, Miacalcic, Miacalcin, thyrocalcitonin

Wikidata Alias

alpha-type CGRP, CALC1, CALCA, calcitonin, calcitonin/calcitonin-related polypeptide, alpha, calcitonin 1, calcitonin gene-related peptide 1, calcitonin gene-related peptide I, calcitonin related polypeptide alpha, CGRP, CGRP-alpha, CGRP-I, CGRP1, CT, katacalcin, KC, PCT