Contribution of specific disulphide bonds to two epitopes of thyrotropin β-subunit associated with receptor recognition

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 240, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 622-627

  Fairlie, W Douglas ^a   Stanton, Peter G ^a   Hearn, Milton T W ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cysteine knot proteins; Disulphide bonds; Epitope mapping; Immunoassays; Thyroid stimulating hormone

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN SUBUNIT; THYROTROPIN; THYROTROPIN RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIGEN BINDING; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISULFIDE BOND; EPITOPE MAPPING; IMMUNOASSAY; NONHUMAN; PEPTIDE MAPPING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSED PHASE HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; BOVINAE;

EID: 0029761894     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-1033.1996.0622h.x     Document Type: Article

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