Biologically Active Substance
metastin
Subclass of:
Intercellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins;
Tumor Suppressor Proteins;
Neuropeptides
Definitions related to metastin:
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(kisspeptins) Intercellular signaling peptides that were originally characterized by their ability to suppress NEOPLASM METASTASIS. Kisspeptins have since been found to play an important role in the neuroendocrine regulation of REPRODUCTION.NLM Medical Subject HeadingsU.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
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