Heterogeneity in buffalo pituitary prolactin

Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry

Volumn 173, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 1-15

  Khurana, Sudha ^a,b   Muralidhar, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELHI   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELHI   (India)

Author keywords

Buffalo; Heterogeneity; Homologous ELISA; Pituitary; Prolactin

Indexed keywords

DIMER; MONOMER; POLYMER; PROLACTIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASSAY; BUFFALO; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISULFIDE BOND; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HYPOPHYSIS; MOLECULAR SIZE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN ISOLATION; PROTEIN POLYMORPHISM; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; TECHNIQUE;

ANIMALIA; BUBALUS;

EID: 0030842940     PISSN: 03008177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1006834113682     Document Type: Article

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