agouti signal protein
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agouti signal protein
abbr.: ASP; a protein (131 amino acids) encoded at 20q11.2 that stimulates pheomelanogenesis. It is an antagonist of melanocyte-stimulating hormone (MSH) at the latter's G-protein coupled receptor. See pheomelanin.
| agonist, agnotobiotic, agmatine | |
| agrin, agrochemical, agroclavine |
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