Oxytocin receptor

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oxytocin receptor
Identifiers
Symbol OXTR
HUGO 8529
Entrez 5021
OMIM 167055
RefSeq NM_000916
UniProt P30559
Other data
Locus Chr. 3 p25

Oxytocin receptors are expressed by the myoepithelial cells of the mammary gland, and in both the myometrium and endometrium of the uterus at the end of pregnancy. In some mammals, oxytocin receptors are also found in the kidney and heart.

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