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proteohormone en · NOUN

Etymology

From proteo- + hormone.

Meanings

1. Any protein that acts as a hormone
   • RbST is a proteohormone that can be used to increase milk production, but its administration is illegal in the EU [16 ] and of consumer’s concern in the USA. To detect rbST abuse, it has been shown that rbST-dependent protein biomarkers in serum and milk of dairy cows can be monitored, but levels are typically low (10 ng mL -1 range) [17 –19 ]. 2015 August 27, “Calling Biomarkers in Milk Using a Protein Microarray on Your Smartphone”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:

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