European collaborative study of LH assay: 3. Relationship of immunological reactivity, biological activity and charge of human luteinizing hormone

Journal of Endocrinological Investigation

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 260-267

  Niccoli, P ^a   Costagliola, S ^a   Patricot, M C ^b   Mallet, B ^a   Benahmed, M ^a   Carayon, P ^a   Beck Peccoz, P ^c   Calaf, J ^c   Feldt Rasmussen, U ^c   Moreira, M ^c   Roger, M ^c   Roulier, R ^c   Smitz, J ^c  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b CENTRE HOSPITALIER LYON SUD   (France)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Bioactivity; Electric charge; Immunoreactivity; Isoforms; Lutropin (LH)

Indexed keywords

EPITOPE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE RECEPTOR; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL MEMBRANE; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS; IMMUNOASSAY; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOELECTRIC FOCUSING; LEYDIG CELL; MALE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; RAT; SWINE;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; CELL MEMBRANE; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; EPITOPES; HUMANS; IMMUNOASSAY; ISOELECTRIC FOCUSING; LEYDIG CELLS; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MALE; PITUITARY GLAND; RATS; RECEPTORS, LH; SWINE; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 0030134619     PISSN: 03914097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03347861     Document Type: Article

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