melanin-concentrating hormone

Preferred Label : melanin-concentrating hormone;

MeSH note : found in fish pituitaries and in rat hypothalamus; heptapeptide melanosome hormone;

MeSH synonym : melanophore-concentrating hormone; melanosome concentrating hormone; melanin concentrating hormone;

Registry Number MeSH : 67382-96-1;

Is substance : O;

Details

Origin ID

C019463;

UMLS CUI

C0065898;

Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Pro-melanin-concentrating hormone [OMIM gene]
MeSH indexing information
- melanophores [MeSH Descriptor]
MeSH term(s) associated for indexing
- hypothalamic hormones [MeSH Descriptor]
- melanins [MeSH Descriptor]
- pituitary hormones [MeSH Descriptor]
Record concept(s)
- melanin-concentrating hormone [MeSH concept]
Semantic type(s)
- Amino Acid, Peptide, or Protein [UMLS semantic type]
- Hormone [UMLS semantic type]

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