Purification and characterization of plasma vitamin D binding protein from the snapping turtle, Chelydra serpentina

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 104, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 364-373

  Horowitz, Miriam ^a   Licht, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

THYROXINE; VITAMIN D; VITAMIN D BINDING PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING SITE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; ION EXCHANGE CHROMATOGRAPHY; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; REVERSED PHASE HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TURTLE;

EID: 0030561518     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/gcen.1996.0182     Document Type: Article

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