Follistatin-activin complexes in human serum and follicular fluid differ immunologically and biochemically

Endocrinology

Volumn 137, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 240-247

  Schneyer, Alan L ^a   Hall, H Alexander ^a   Lambert messerlian, Geralyn ^a   Wang, Qi Fa ^a   Sluss, Patrick ^a   Crowley Jr , William F ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVIN; CELL SURFACE RECEPTOR; FOLLISTATIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; COMPLEX FORMATION; EXON; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; OVARY FOLLICLE FLUID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROCESSING; RECEPTOR AFFINITY; TISSUE SPECIFICITY; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

EID: 0030059361     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/endo.137.1.8536619     Document Type: Article

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