Persistence of biological activity of biotinylated human chorionic gonadotropin and its use for visualization of rat luteinizing hormone receptors in tissue sections

Journal of Histochemistry and Cytochemistry

Volumn 46, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 993-998

  Paukku, Tommi ^a   Ahtiainen, Petteri ^a   Haavisto, Anne Maarit ^a   Huhtaniemi, Ilpo T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Biotinyiated human chorionic gonadotropin; Luteinizing hormone receptor; Ovary; Streptavidin; Testis

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; ANTIGEN; AVIDIN; BIOTIN; BUFFER; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; CYCLIC AMP; LIPOSOME; LUTEINIZING HORMONE RECEPTOR; STREPTAVIDIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOTINYLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE TRANSFER; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NONHUMAN; OVARY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TESTIS;

EID: 0031668288     PISSN: 00221554     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/002215549804600902     Document Type: Article

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