A biochemical characterization of vitellogenins isolated from the marine fish ocean pout (Macrozoarces americanus L.), lumpfish (Cyclopterus lumpus) and Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua)

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - B Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 113, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 247-253

  Yao, Zuxu ^a,b   Crim, Laurence W ^a  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

17 estradiol; amino acid; fish; lipid; liquid chromatography; phospholipid; vitellogenin

Indexed keywords

VITELLOGENIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FISH; MALE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN ISOLATION;

EID: 0029985938     PISSN: 03050491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0305-0491(95)02015-2     Document Type: Article

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