Expression and localisation of stannioca
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Rebecca A. Worthington; Louise Brown; Derek Jellinek; Andy C.-M. Chang; Roger R.
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Article
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1999
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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Bony fish use the glycoprotein hormone stanniocalcin (STC) to counteract hypercalcaemia. This is achieved through dual mechanisms involving gill calcium uptake inhibition and stimulation of renal inorganic phosphate reabsorption. Human STC (hSTC-1) shows considerable homology with both rat and mouse