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GO:0005179: hormone activity (Molecular function)

"The action characteristic of a hormone, any substance formed in very small amounts in one specialized organ or group of cells and carried (sometimes in the bloodstream) to another organ or group of cells in the same organism, upon which it has a specific regulatory action. The term was originally applied to agents with a stimulatory physiological action in vertebrate animals (as opposed to a chalone, which has a depressant action). Usage is now extended to regulatory compounds in lower animals and plants, and to synthetic substances having comparable effects; all bind receptors and trigger some biological process." [GOC:dph, GOC:mah, ISBN:0198506732]


There are 388 sequences with this label.

Enriched clusters
Name Species % in cluster p-value corrected p-value action
Cluster_106 Abrodictyum obscurum 1.79 % 0.002582 0.046182
Cluster_353 Dicranopteris curranii 0.76 % 0.005036 0.039871
Cluster_105 Davallia denticulata 0.67 % 0.011281 0.049896
Cluster_164 Pyrrosia piloselloides 1.12 % 0.004136 0.020296
Cluster_160 Pyrrosia piloselloides 0.59 % 0.00789 0.03265
Cluster_61 Salvinia molesta 0.68 % 0.008328 0.047655
Sequences (388) (download table)

Info: GO-associations disabled for items with more than 300 associated sequences !
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