Production and characterization of specific anti-peptide antiserum against free α-subunit of rat pituitary glycoprotein hormones

Journal of Histochemistry and Cytochemistry

Volumn 45, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 985-990

  Tanaka, Shigeyasu ^a   Kurabuchi, Shingo ^b   Mochida, Hiroshi ^a   Hayashi, Hiroaki ^c   Wakabayashi, Katsumi ^a  

^a GUNMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NIPPON DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c GUNMA PREFECTURAL COLLEGE OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anti peptide antiserum; Immunocytochemistry; Pituitary gland; Pituitary glycoprotein hormone; Rat; Region specific antiserum; Subunit

Indexed keywords

GLYCOPROTEIN; HYPOPHYSIS HORMONE;

ALPHA CHAIN; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; GENETIC CONSERVATION; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE RELEASE; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; NONHUMAN; PEPTIDE SYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; RECEPTOR AFFINITY;

ANGUILLIFORMES; ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; EQUUS CABALLUS; GALLUS GALLUS; MAMMALIA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; OVIS ARIES; RANA CATESBEIANA; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 0030740685     PISSN: 00221554     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/002215549704500708     Document Type: Article

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