activin

activin
ac·ti·vin (ăkʹtə-vĭn, ăk-tĭvʹĭn) n.
A polypeptide growth factor that is synthesized in the pituitary gland and the gonads and stimulates the secretion of follicle stimulating hormone.
  [activate + inhibin(from its activating follicle stimulating hormone).]

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