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Abbreviations

CRH:

Corticotropin-releasing hormone

CRF:

Corticotropin-releasing factor

CRHR:

Corticotropin-releasing hormone receptor

PVN:

Paraventricular nucleus

GPCR:

G-protein coupled receptor

CRHR1:

Corticotropin-releasing hormone receptor 1

CRHR2:

Corticotropin-releasing hormone receptor 2

CRHBP:

Corticotropin-releasing hormone binding protein

POMC:

Proopiomelanocortin

ACTH:

Adrenocorticotropic hormone

PPI:

Protein-protein interaction

PTM:

Post-translational modification

HPRD:

Human Protein Reference Database

SBML:

Systems Biology Markup Language

PSI-MI:

Proteomics Standards Initiative for Molecular Interaction

BioPAX:

Biological Pathway Exchange

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    Tejaswini Subbannayya, Lavanya Balakrishnan, Jayshree Advani, Ravi Sirdeshmukh, Rajesh Raju & T. S. Keshava Prasad

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Subbannayya, T., Balakrishnan, L., Sudarshan, G. et al. An integrated map of corticotropin-releasing hormone signaling pathway. J. Cell Commun. Signal. 7, 295–300 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12079-013-0197-3

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