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CGA Gene

protein-coding GIFtS: 66
GCID: GC06M087795

glycoprotein hormones, alpha polypeptide

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Aliases
Glycoprotein Hormones, Alpha Polypeptide¹ ²		Luteinizing Hormone Alpha Chain² ³
FSHA¹ ²		Lutropin Alpha Chain² ³
GPHA1¹ ²		Thyroid-Stimulating Hormone Alpha Chain² ³
GPHa¹ ²		Thyrotropin Alpha Chain² ³
HCG¹ ²		FSH-Alpha¹
LHA¹ ²		LSH-Alpha¹
TSHA¹ ²		TSH-Alpha¹
Anterior Pituitary Glycoprotein Hormones Common Subunit Alpha² ³		CG-ALPHA²
Choriogonadotropin Alpha Chain² ³		Chorionic Gonadotropin, Alpha Polypeptide²
Chorionic Gonadotrophin Subunit Alpha² ³		Follicle-Stimulating Hormone Alpha Subunit²
Follicle-Stimulating Hormone Alpha Chain² ³		Glycoprotein Hormones Alpha Chain²
Follitropin Alpha Chain² ³		CG-Alpha¹

External Ids:	HGNC: 1885¹	Entrez Gene: 1081²	Ensembl: ENSG00000135346⁷	OMIM: 118850⁵	UniProtKB: P01215³

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Previous GC identifers: GC06M087741 GC06M087790 GC06M087851 GC06M085012

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UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot, and/or UniProtKB/TrEMBL)
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Entrez Gene summary for CGA:

The four human glycoprotein hormones chorionic gonadotropin (CG), luteinizing hormone (LH), follicle stimulating

hormone (FSH), and thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) are dimers consisting of alpha and beta subunits that are

associated noncovalently. The alpha subunits of these hormones are identical, however, their beta chains are unique

and confer biological specificity. The protein encoded by this gene is the alpha subunit and belongs to the

glycoprotein hormones alpha chain family. Two transcript variants encoding different isoforms have been found for this

gene. (provided by RefSeq, Nov 2011)

Gene Wiki entry for CGA (Chorionic gonadotropin alpha)

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RefSeq DNA sequence:

NC_000006.11 NC_018917.1 NT_007299.13

Regulatory elements:

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Genomic Location:
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Entrez Gene cytogenetic band: 6q12-q21 Ensembl cytogenetic band: 6q14.3 HGNC cytogenetic band: 6q14-q21

CGA Gene in genomic location: bands according to Ensembl, locations according to (and/or Entrez Gene and/or Ensembl if different)
CGA gene location

GeneLoc information about chromosome 6 GeneLoc Exon Structure

GeneLoc location for GC06M087795: view genomic region (about GC identifiers)

Start:	87,795,216 bp from pter	End:	87,804,824 bp from pter
Size:	9,609 bases	Orientation:	minus strand

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UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot: GLHA_HUMAN, P01215 (See protein sequence)

Recommended Name: Glycoprotein hormones alpha chain precursor

Size: 116 amino acids; 13075 Da

Subunit: Heterodimer of a common alpha chain and a unique beta chain which confers biological specificity to

thyrotropin, lutropin, follitropin and gonadotropin

Subcellular location: Secreted

6/10 PDB 3D structures from and Proteopedia for CGA (see all 10):

1DZ7 (3D)

1E9J (3D)

1FL7 (3D)

1HCN (3D)

1HD4 (3D)

1HRP (3D)

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Post-translational modifications:

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CGA Protein expression data from MOPED and PaxDb: About this image

REFSEQ proteins (2 alternative transcripts):

NP_000726.1 NP_001239312.1

ENSEMBL proteins:

ENSP00000358595

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Gene Ontology (GO): 2 cellular component terms (GO ID links to tree view): About this table

GO ID	Qualified GO term	Evidence	PubMed IDs
GO:0005576	extracellular region	TAS	--
GO:0005625	soluble fraction	--	--

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CGA for domains About GeneDecksing

1 InterPro domain/family:

IPR000476 Glyco_hormone

Graphical View of Domain Structure for InterPro Entry P01215

ProtoNet protein and cluster: P01215

2 Blocks protein families:

IPB000476 Glycoprotein hormones alpha chain

IPB002400 Growth factor cystine knot superfamily signature

UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot: GLHA_HUMAN, P01215

Similarity: Belongs to the glycoprotein hormones subunit alpha family

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Molecular Function:

Genatlas biochemistry entry for CGA:

glycoprotein hormones,alpha polypeptide,common to chorionic gonadotropin,FSH,LH,TSH

Gene Ontology (GO): 2 molecular function terms (GO ID links to tree view): About this table

GO ID	Qualified GO term	Evidence	PubMed IDs
GO:0005179	hormone activity	IEA	--
GO:0005515	protein binding	IPI	15662415

CGA for ontologies About GeneDecksing

Phenotypes:
5 MGI mutant phenotypes (inferred from 1 allele) (MGI details for Cga):

endocrine/exocrine gland

growth/size

homeostasis/metabolism

nervous system

reproductive system

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Unified GeneCards pathways - 5/15 super-pathways (see all 15) About this table

See pathways by source

Super-pathway

contained gene-specific pathways

Glycoprotein hormones

	Glycoprotein hormones	1.00			Hormone ligand-binding receptors	0.33
	Peptide hormone biosynthesis	0.71

Class A/1 (Rhodopsin-like receptors)

	Class A/1 (Rhodopsin-like receptors)	1.00			Neuroactive ligand-receptor interaction	0.38
	GPCR ligand binding	0.75

Signaling by GPCR

	Signaling by GPCR	1.00			Signal Transduction	0.56
	GPCR downstream signaling	0.89

Transcription_Role of VDR in regulation of genes involved in osteoporosis

Transcription_Role of VDR in regulation of genes involved in osteoporosis

1.00

Transcription Role of VDR in regulation of genes involved in osteoporosis

0.80

PKA activation in glucagon signalling

Development_Role of Activin A in cell differentiation and proliferation

0.33

Development Role of Activin A in cell differentiation and proliferation

0.33

Pathway sources
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GnRH Signaling

2 GeneGo (Thomson Reuters) Pathways for CGA

	Transcription Role of VDR in regulation of genes involved in osteoporosis
	Development Role of Activin A in cell differentiation and proliferation

3 BioSystems Pathways for CGA

	FSH signaling pathway
	TSH signaling pathway
	Glucocorticoid receptor regulatory network

5/11 Reactome Pathways for CGA (see all 11)

	GPCR downstream signaling
	Peptide hormone biosynthesis
	Signaling by GPCR
	GPCR ligand binding
	Class A/1 (Rhodopsin-like receptors)

3 Kegg Pathways (Kegg details for CGA):

	Neuroactive ligand-receptor interaction
	GnRH signaling pathway
	Autoimmune thyroid disease

CGA for pathways About GeneDecksing

Interactions:

SABiosciences Gene Network Central^TM Interacting Genes and Proteins Network for CGA

STRING Interaction Network Preview (showing 5 interactants - click image to see 25)

5/28 Interacting proteins for CGA (P01215^{1, 2, 3} ENSP00000358595⁴) via UniProtKB, MINT, STRING, and/or I2D (see all 28)

Interactant		Interaction Details
GeneCard	External ID(s)	Interaction Details
CGB	P01233²^,³, ENSP00000349954⁴	MINT-24926 I2D: score=5 STRING: ENSP00000349954
CGB5	P01233²^,³, ENSP00000301408⁴	MINT-24926 I2D: score=5 STRING: ENSP00000301408
CGB7	P01233²^,³, ENSP00000348545⁴	MINT-24926 I2D: score=5 STRING: ENSP00000348545
CGB8	P01233²^,³, ENSP00000347582⁴	MINT-24926 I2D: score=5 STRING: ENSP00000347582
PTPN12	Q05209²^,³	MINT-61770 I2D: score=3

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Gene Ontology (GO): 5/16 biological process terms (GO ID links to tree view) (see all 16): About this table

GO ID	Qualified GO term	Evidence	PubMed IDs
GO:0006590	thyroid hormone generation	IEA	--
GO:0007165	signal transduction	TAS	481597
GO:0007267	cell-cell signaling	TAS	481597
GO:0008284	positive regulation of cell proliferation	NAS	--
GO:0008406	gonad development	IEA	--

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(Chemical Compounds according to UniProtKB, Enzo Life Sciences, EMD Millipore, Tocris Bioscience HMDB, BitterDB, and/or Novoseek, and Drugs according to DrugBank, Enzo Life Sciences, and/or PharmGKB, with drugs/clinical trials/news search links to CenterWatch)
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1 DrugBank Compound for CGA About this table

Compound	Synonyms	CAS #	Type	Actions	PubMed Ids
Alpha-D-Mannose	--	3458-28-4	target	--	--

10/138 Novoseek chemical compound relationships for CGA gene (see all 138) About this table

Compound	-log (P-Val)	Hits	PubMed IDs for Articles with Shared Sentences (# sentences)
oestriol	86.8	86	9512261 (3), 1494541 (2), 8624312 (2), 1836960 (2) (see all 69)
progesterone	86.7	944	1761656 (6), 10997481 (6), 1379268 (6), 18492365 (6) (see all 99)
gnrh	86.1	417	8603601 (8), 17183101 (8), 17174489 (6), 7997235 (6) (see all 99)
clomiphene citrate	84.2	112	17070196 (4), 8567766 (3), 11775896 (3), 11595893 (3) (see all 52)
cetrorelix	80.8	25	15284212 (2), 10686191 (2), 15665010 (1), 11679500 (1) (see all 18)
estradiol	80.5	278	11497290 (6), 7951553 (4), 17031874 (4), 7819706 (3) (see all 99)
buserelin	79.1	45	16751622 (3), 7769051 (2), 8612858 (2), 18577353 (2) (see all 29)
testosterone	78.7	556	16751622 (7), 8075787 (6), 15562375 (6), 1601748 (6) (see all 99)
ganirelix	76.5	12	15916659 (1), 16037104 (1), 9572414 (1), 20101851 (1) (see all 10)
metrodin	72	7	8006130 (2), 7660716 (1), 10920087 (1), 2108196 (1) (see all 5)

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(Secondary structures according to fRNAdb,
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REFSEQ mRNAs for CGA gene (2 alternative transcripts):

NM_000735.3 NM_001252383.1

Unigene Cluster for CGA:

Glycoprotein hormones, alpha polypeptide

Hs.119689 [show with all ESTs]

Unigene Representative Sequence: AK023644

1 Ensembl transcript including schematic representation, and UCSC links where relevant:

ENST00000369582(uc021zci.1 uc003plj.2)

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Additional cDNA sequence:

AB019569.1 AK023644.1 AK311972.1 BC010957.1 BC020782.1 BC055080.1 CR457427.1 FJ624078.1

FJ624079.1 V00518.1

18 DOTS entries:

DT.91781433 DT.95152109 DT.100800521 DT.100855932 DT.95152115 DT.121386018 DT.91748275 DT.97772825

DT.100703812 DT.101985644 DT.121385758 DT.95152122 DT.100703816 DT.100703822 DT.121385745 DT.121385989

DT.91781405 DT.95152112

24/891 AceView cDNA sequences (see all 891):

BG623146 CD106061 CD239684 CR607107 CD242963 CD239122 CD239494 CR622170

CD239716 BG619066 CR615870 BX366877 CD238789 AU137688 CD107103 CD238209

CD238991 CD107913 CD251030 CD239545 H00683 AL547529 CD107356 BX355707

GeneLoc Exon Structure

5 Alternative Splicing Database (ASD) splice patterns (SP) for CGA About this scheme

ExUns:	1a	·	1b	·	1c	^	2	^	3a	·	3b	^	4	^	5a	·	5b	·	5c	^	6a	·	6b	·	6c
SP1:							-												-
SP2:							-						-						-
SP3:							-				-		-						-
SP4:							-						-
SP5:													-

ECgene alternative splicing isoforms for CGA

(RNA expression data according to H-InvDB, NONCODE, miRBase, and RNAdb, Expression images according to data from BioGPS, Illumina Human BodyMap, and CGAP SAGE, Sets of similar genes according to GeneDecks, in vivo and in vitro expression data from LifeMap Discovery™, plus additional links to Genevestigator, and/or SOURCE, and/or BioGPS, and/or UniProtKB,
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CGA expression in normal human tissues (normalized intensities)
See probesets specificity/sensitivity at GeneAnnot
About this imageBioGPS
CGAP TAG: GGCTGCTGCT

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CGA expression in embryonic tissues and stem cells
Expression by the Database of Embryonic development, Stem cell research, and Regenerative medicine About this table

3 LifeMap In Vivo Development Anatomical Compartments/Cells

Tissue

Anatomical Compartment

Cell

Category (developmental path)

Placenta

Chorionic Villus

Syncytiotrophoblast Multinuclear Cells

Selective marker (cell-identifying gene)

Extraembryonic Tissues, Placenta

Trophoblast

Trophoblast Cells

Extraembryonic Tissues

Placenta

Chorionic Villus

Villous Cytotrophoblast Cells

Extraembryonic Tissues, Placenta

Expression:

Positive

Negative

Selective marker

Experimental details:

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Stem Cell Differentiation: 4 LifeMap Cells

Name

Category

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Trophoblast-like cells (Generation of tropho...)

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See CGA Protein Expression from SPIRE MOPED and PaxDB
Genevestigator expression for CGA

SOURCE GeneReport for Unigene cluster: Hs.119689

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(Orthologs according to ^1,2HomoloGene (²older version, for species not in ¹newer version), ³euGenes, ⁴SGD , ⁵MGI Mar 06 2013, with possible further links to Flybase and/or WormBase, and/or ⁶Ensembl pan taxonomic compara , Gene Trees according to Ensembl and TreeFam)
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This gene was present in the common ancestor of chordates.

Orthologs for CGA gene from 5/12 species (see all 12) About this table

Organism	Taxonomic classification	Gene	Description	Human Similarity	Orthology Type	Details
mouse (Mus musculus)	Mammalia	Cga^{1 , 5}	glycoprotein hormones, alpha subunit^{1, 5}	78.45(n)¹ 75.86(a)¹		4 (16.86 cM)⁵ 12640¹ NM_009889.2¹ NP_034019.1¹ 34893779⁵
chicken (Gallus gallus)	Aves	CGA¹	glycoprotein hormones, alpha polypeptide	71.55(n) 72.41(a)		421829 XM_429886.3 XP_429886.2
lizard (Anolis carolinensis)	Reptilia	CGA⁶	--	72(a)	1 ↔ 1	1(176496928-176497068)
African clawed frog (Xenopus laevis)	Amphibia	tsha-A²	thyroid stimulating hormone alpha (TSH-alpha)	77.75(n)		L07619.1
zebrafish (Danio rerio)	Actinopterygii	Dr.13896²	Danio rerio gonadotropin alpha subunit mRNA, complete more	81.49(n)		AY424306.1

ENSEMBL Gene Tree for CGA (if available)
TreeFam Gene Tree for CGA (if available)

(Paralogs according to ¹HomoloGene,
²Ensembl, and ³SIMAP, Pseudogenes according to ⁴Pseudogene.org Build 68)
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(SNPs/Variants according to the ¹NCBI SNP Database, ²Ensembl, ³PupaSUITE, UniProtKB, and DNA2.0, Linkage Disequilibrium by HapMap, Structural Variations(CNVs/InDels/Inversions) from the Database of Genomic Variants, Mutations from the Human Gene Mutation Database (HGMD) and the Locus Specific Mutation Databases (LSDB), Blood group antigen gene mutations by BGMUT, Resequencing Primers from QIAGEN, Cancer Mutation PCR Arrays and Assays and Copy Number PCR Arrays from SABiosciences)
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SNP ID	Valid	Clinical significance	Chr 6 pos	Sequence	#	AA Chg	Type	More	#	Allele freq	Pop	Total sample	More
Genomic Data					Transcription Related Data				Allele Frequencies
				--	--	--		--	--
rs7740951^1,2	C	--	85012152(+)	`ATGCTA/GTATTC`	1	--	ut3¹ ese³		0	--	--	--	--
rs4986870^1,2	F	--	85012189(-)	`CAGTAC/TAATCA`	1	--	ut3¹		5		MN	400
rs7741514^1,2	C,H	--	85012641(+)	`CTCTAC/ACCCTA`	1	--	int¹		4		NS EA	416
rs9986555^1,2	C,F,H	--	85012934(+)	`CCTTAG/TTGGAG`	2	I L	mis¹ ese³		9		NS EA NA	1034
rs11380231^1,2	C	--	85013048(+)	`AAAAA-/AGGCAG`	1	--	int¹ trp³		0	--	--	--	--
rs113530868^1,2		--	85013753(+)	`TATGGG/CATAGT`	1	--	int¹		2		CSA WA	120
rs113592041^1,2	F	--	85014396(+)	`CTGCCG/AGGAGA`	1	--	int¹		3		CSA WA	126
rs2274137^1,2	H	--	85014540(+)	`TGCACA/CTTTTC`	1	--	int¹		4		NS EA	420
rs10440806^1,2	A	--	85014980(+)	`TTTTTA/TAAAAA`	1	--	int¹		0	--	--	--	--
rs58447011^1,2	C	--	85015015(+)	`ATAACT/CGAATC`	1	--	int¹		2		WA	120

HapMap Linkage Disequilibrium report for CGA (87795216 - 87804824 bp)
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CGA for disorders           About GeneDecksing

OMIM gene information: 118850    OMIM disorders: --

20/155 diseases for CGA (see all 155):    About MalaCards

cutis marmorata telangiectatica congenita thyroiditis 5-alpha reductase deficiency androgen insensitivity syndrome

growth hormone secreting pituitary adenoma complete androgen insensitivity syndrome neural tube defect pineal region germinoma

placental site trophoblastic tumor scalp dermatosis bardet-biedl syndrome ectopic pregnancy

nephropathic cystinosis nonseminomatous germ cell tumor germ cell tumor gestational trophoblastic neoplasm

trophoblastic neoplasm luteoma endodermal sinus tumor sacrococcygeal teratoma

4 diseases from the University of Copenhagen DISEASES database for CGA:

Intermittent explosive disorder Scalp dermatosis Conduct disorder Borderline personality disorder

10/93 Novoseek disease relationships for CGA gene (see all 93) About this table

Disease	-log (P-Val)	Hits	PubMed IDs for Articles with Shared Sentences (# sentences)
ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome	90.6	48	18238999 (2), 10221701 (1), 10966979 (1), 15807221 (1) (see all 40)
pregnancy tubal	83.7	48	2406662 (4), 9348261 (3), 7926077 (2), 9070731 (2) (see all 31)
down syndrome	80.7	241	10585342 (7), 17962101 (5), 19777489 (5), 7497141 (5) (see all 99)
pregnancy ectopic	80.2	103	7682316 (4), 1379268 (3), 10834324 (3), 1386659 (3) (see all 62)
infertility	79.2	70	10831544 (3), 12960071 (2), 18681993 (2), 11726579 (2) (see all 50)
trophoblastic disease	72.8	32	11263936 (3), 8563483 (2), 16189178 (2), 7510202 (2) (see all 17)
polycystic ovary syndrome	70.4	15	15734758 (2), 8476833 (1), 19146766 (1), 1901089 (1) (see all 14)
miscarriage	70	70	20464754 (6), 16225575 (5), 7947503 (4), 10834324 (4) (see all 35)
choriocarcinoma	69.7	52	1397383 (5), 17563738 (2), 10632747 (2), 2289629 (2) (see all 30)
hydatidiform mole	67.4	39	8157712 (4), 16638033 (3), 16189178 (3), 8906012 (3) (see all 18)

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PubMed articles for CGA gene, integrated from 9 sources (see all 1840):
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The gene encoding the common alpha subunit of the four human glycoprotein hormones. (PubMed id 6286817)^{1, 2, 3} Fiddes J.C. and Goodman H.M. (1981)
Structure of human follicle-stimulating hormone in complex with its receptor. (PubMed id 15662415)^{1, 2} Fan Q.R. and Hendrickson W.A. (2005)
The status, quality, and expansion of the NIH full-length cDNA project: the Mammalian Gene Collection (MGC). (PubMed id 15489334)^{1, 2} Gerhard D.S....Malek J. (2004)
NMR studies of the free alpha subunit of human chorionic gonadotropin. Structural influences of N-glycosylation and the beta subunit on the conformation of the alpha subunit. (PubMed id 8898911)^{1, 2} de Beer T.... Vliegenthart J.F.G. (1996)
Structure and regulation of human thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) gene. (PubMed id 8196184)^{1, 2} Miyoshi I.... Hayashizaki Y. (1994)
Crystal structure of human chorionic gonadotropin. (PubMed id 8202136)^{1, 2} Lapthorn A.J.... Isaacs N.W. (1994)
NMR investigations of the N-linked oligosaccharides at individual glycosylation sites of human lutropin. (PubMed id 1991473)^{1, 2} Weisshaar G.... Nimtz M. (1991)
The amino acid sequences of the prepeptides contained in the alpha and beta subunits of human choriogonadotropin. (PubMed id 7462224)^{1, 2} Birken S.... Boime I. (1981)
Studies on the disulfide bonds in human pituitary follicle- stimulating hormone. (PubMed id 6774759)^{1, 2} Fujiki Y.... Saxena B.B. (1980)
Assignment of disulfide bonds in the alpha subunit of human chorionic gonadotropin. (PubMed id 7410374)^{1, 2} Mise T. and Bahl O.P. (1980)

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Entrez Gene: 1081	HGNC: 1885	AceView: CGA	Ensembl:ENSG00000135346	euGenes: HUgn1081
ECgene: CGA	Kegg: 1081	H-InvDB: CGA

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PharmGKB entry for CGA	Pharmacogenomics, SNPs, Pathways
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CGA (Gene Symbol)
Glycoprotein Hormones, Alpha Polypeptide
FSHA
GPHA1
GPHa
HCG
LHA
TSHA
Anterior Pituitary Glycoprotein Hormones Common Subunit Alpha
Choriogonadotropin Alpha Chain
Chorionic Gonadotrophin Subunit Alpha
Follicle-Stimulating Hormone Alpha Chain
Follitropin Alpha Chain
Luteinizing Hormone Alpha Chain
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CG-ALPHA
Chorionic Gonadotropin, Alpha Polypeptide
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PITUITARY ADENOMA
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stage I testicular cancer
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Granulosa Cell Tumor
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gestational trophoblastic disease
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