Co-purification of a ribonuclease and human chorionic gonadotrophin β-core protein from human urine and displacement of 125I-human luteinizing hormone from Candida albicans binding sites by ribonucleases

Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology

Volumn 134, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 69-76

  Griffiths, S J ^a   Bramley, T A ^b   Menzies, G S ^b   Adams, D J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Candida albicans; Human chorionic gonadotrophin; Human luteinizing hormone; Human pregnancy urine; Non secretory ribonuclease

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; INHIBITOR PROTEIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; POLYCLONAL ANTIBODY; RIBONUCLEASE;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING SITE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CORPUS LUTEUM; ENZYME PURIFICATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MICROSOME; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; RADIOASSAY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SHEEP; URINE;

EID: 0030717455     PISSN: 03037207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0303-7207(97)00174-3     Document Type: Article

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