Use of synthetic canine relaxin to develop a rapid homologous radioimmunoassay

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1252-1260

  Steinetz, Bernard G ^a   Büllesbach, Erika E ^b   Goldsmith, Laura T ^c   Schwabe, Christian ^b   Lust, George ^d  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; DISULFIDE BOND; DOG; ESTRUS; FEMALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CROSS LINKING; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS REGULATION; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RECEPTOR BINDING; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

ANIMALIA; CANIDAE; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CAPRA HIRCUS; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 0029921106     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod54.6.1252     Document Type: Article

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