follicle-stimulating hormone activity
The action characteristic of follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH), a gonadotrophic glycoprotein hormone secreted, in mammals, by the anterior pituitary gland. Upon receptor binding, FSH stimulates growth of Graafian follicles in the ovaries in females, and stimulates the epithelium of the seminiferous tubules to increase spermatogenesis.
GO:0005179
hormone activity
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FSH activity
exact
follicle stimulating hormone activity
exact
follitropin activity
exact