Anti-activin a antibody (IgY) specifically neutralizes various activin a activities (43958)

Experimental Biology and Medicine

Volumn 211, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 100-107

  Murata, T ^a   Saito, S ^b   Shiozaki, M ^c   Lu, R Z ^b   Eto, Y ^c   Funaba, M ^a   Takahashi, M ^b   Torii, K ^a,c  

^a JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c AJINOMOTO CO INC   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVIN A; ANTIBODY; INHIBIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTIGEN ANTIBODY REACTION; ARTICLE; ASSAY; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; FOLLITROPIN RELEASE; HORMONAL REGULATION; NONHUMAN;

ACTIVINS; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CHICKENS; CROSS REACTIONS; EMBRYONIC AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; GROWTH SUBSTANCES; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULINS; INHIBINS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; NEUTRALIZATION TESTS; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; PREGNANCY;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; MURINAE;

EID: 0030045416     PISSN: 00379727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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