Quantification of inhibin pro-αC-containing forms in human serum by a new ultrasensitive two-site enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 80, Issue 10, 1995, Pages 2926-2932

  Groome, Nigel P ^a   Illingworth, Peter J ^b   O’Brien, Martin ^a   Priddle, John ^a   Weaver, Katie ^b   McNeilly, Alan S ^b  

^a OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DODECYL SULFATE SODIUM; EPITOPE; FOLLITROPIN; INHIBIN;

ALPHA CHAIN; ARTICLE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GRANULOSA CELL TUMOR; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; OVARY FOLLICLE FLUID; OVULATION; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SUPEROVULATION;

ACTIVINS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIBODIES; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS REACTIONS; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FOLLISTATIN; GLYCOPROTEINS; HUMAN; IMMUNOBLOTTING; INHIBINS; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDES; POSTMENOPAUSE; PROTEIN PRECURSORS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; REFERENCE VALUES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0028971083     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: 19457197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jcem.80.10.7559876     Document Type: Article

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