An 11-ketotestosterone induced kidney-secreted protein: The nest building glue from male three-spined stickleback, Gasterosteus aculeatus

Fish Physiology and Biochemistry

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 79-85

  Jakobsson, S ^a   Borg, B ^a   Haux, C ^b   Hyllner, S J ^c  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b Texas State University   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Amino acid composition; Fish; Glycoprotein; SDS PAGE

Indexed keywords

GASTEROSTEUS ACULEATUS;

EID: 0002556272     PISSN: 09201742     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1007776016610     Document Type: Article

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