Extraction and Partial Purification of a Hepatic Stimulatory Substance in Rats, Mice, and Dogs

Cancer Research

Volumn 47, Issue 21, 1987, Pages 5600-5605

  Francavilla, Antonio ^a,b   Polimeno, Lorenzo ^b   Coetzee, Mona ^c   Makowka, Leonard ^c   Rose, John ^c   Van Thiel, David H ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GROWTH FACTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; CELL DIVISION; DNA SYNTHESIS; LIVER CELL; LIVER REGENERATION; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXTRACTION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; RAT;

ANIMAL; CYTOSOL; DNA; DOGS; GROWTH SUBSTANCES; LIVER; LIVER REGENERATION; MALE; MICE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; RATS; RATS, INBRED F344; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, NON-P.H.S.; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

EID: 0023584220     PISSN: 00085472     EISSN: 15387445     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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