Purification and structural characterization of insulin from the lesser siren, Siren intermedia (Amphibia: Caudata)

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 106, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 295-300

  Conlon, J Michael ^a   Trauth, Stanley E ^c   Sever, David M ^b  

^a CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b SAINT MARY'S COLLEGE   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INSULIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMPHIBIA; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HORMONE RECEPTOR INTERACTION; INSULIN RELEASE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ISOLATION; SALAMANDER;

EID: 0031172685     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/gcen.1997.6912     Document Type: Article

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