The role of the asparagine-linked oligosaccharides of the α-subunit in human thyrotropin bioactivity

Endocrinology

Volumn 137, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 555-560

  Fares, Fuad A ^a,b,c   Gruener, Nachman ^a   Kraiem, Zaki ^a,b  

^a CARMEL MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^c Biochemical Research Unit   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPARAGINE LINKED OLIGOSACCHARIDE; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; CYCLIC AMP; FOLLITROPIN; LIOTHYRONINE; OLIGOSACCHARIDE; THYROTROPIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CHO CELL; GENE TRANSFER; GLYCOSYLATION; HORMONE DETERMINATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR BINDING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; THYROID FOLLICLE;

EID: 0030051344     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/endo.137.2.8593802     Document Type: Article

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