Folitropinska podjedinica beta (beta podjedica folikostimulišućeg hormona, FSH-B) je protein koji je kod ljudi kodiran FSHBgenom.[1][2][3]Alternativno splajsovanje proizvodi dve transkriptne varijante koji kodiraju isti protein.
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