Follicle-stimulating hormone in the brushtail possum (Trichosurus vulpecula): Purification, characterization, and radioimmunoassay

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 106, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 30-38

  Moore, L G ^a   Ng Chie, W ^a   Lun, S ^a   Lawrence, S B ^a   Young, W ^a   McNatty, K P ^a  

^a AGRESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOLLITROPIN; FOLLITROPIN RECEPTOR;

ALPHA CHAIN; AMINO ACID ANALYSIS; AMINO ACID COMPOSITION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; GONADECTOMY; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HYPOPHYSIS; NONHUMAN; OPOSSUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RECEPTOR BINDING;

EID: 0031127775     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/gcen.1996.6847     Document Type: Article

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