Structural characterisation of human recombinant glycohormones follitropin, lutropin and choriogonadotropin expressed in Chinese hamster ovary cells

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 242, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 608-618

  Amoresano, Angela ^a,b   Siciliano, Rosa ^d   Orrù, Stefania ^a,b   Napoleoni, Roberta ^e   Altarocca, Valter ^e   De Luca, Eva ^e   Sirna, Antonino ^e   Pucci, Piero ^a,c  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^c CEINGE BIOTECNOLOGIE AVANZATE   (Italy)

^d CNR   (Italy)

^e Serono International SA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Gonadotropin; Mass spectrometry; Oligosaccharide; Recombinant glycoprotein; Structural characterisation

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; FOLLITROPIN; GLYCOPROTEIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CARBOHYDRATE ANALYSIS; CHO CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; GLYCOSYLATION; HUMAN; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SIALYLATION;

ANIMALIA; CRICETINAE; CRICETULUS GRISEUS;

EID: 0030438018     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-1033.1996.0608r.x     Document Type: Article

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