Purification, partial characterization and peptide sequences of vitellogenin from a reptile, the tuatara (Sphenodon punctatus)

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - B Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 117, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 159-168

  Brown, Mark A ^a,c   Carne, Alan ^b   Chambers, Geoffrey K ^a  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Protein sequence; Reptile; Sphenodon; Tuatara; Vitellogenesis; Vitellogenin; Yolk

Indexed keywords

2 DIETHYLAMINOETHANOL; AMINO ACID; ANTISERUM; CELLULOSE; DISULFIDE; EDETIC ACID; EPITOPE; ESTRADIOL; MAGNESIUM CHLORIDE; PEPTIDE; SERINE; TRYPSIN; VITELLOGENIN; YOLK PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID COMPOSITION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CHROMATOGRAPHY; CROSS REACTION; DISULFIDE BOND; FEMALE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; REPTILE; VITELLOGENESIS;

ALLIGATOR; REPTILIA; SPHENODON; SPHENODON PUNCTATUS; TESTUDINES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0030814707     PISSN: 03050491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0305-0491(96)00317-3     Document Type: Article

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