Characterization of 16- to 20-kilodalton (kDa) connective tissue growth factors (CTGFs) and demonstration of proteolytic activity for 38-kDa CTGF in pig uterine luminal flushings

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 828-835

  Ball, DeAnna K ^a,b,c   Surveyor, Gulnar A ^a,c   Diehl, John R ^d   Steffen, Christy L ^a,c   Uzumcu, Mehmet ^e   Mirando, Mark A ^e   Brigstock, David R ^a,b,c  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NATIONWIDE CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMOTACTIC FACTOR; CONNECTIVE TISSUE GROWTH FACTOR; GROWTH FACTOR; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ENDOMETRIUM CELL; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN STABILITY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CARRIER PROTEINS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, AFFINITY; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; FEMALE; GROWTH SUBSTANCES; IMMEDIATE-EARLY PROTEINS; INTERCELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PRECIPITIN TESTS; PREGNANCY; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; SWINE; UTERUS;

ANIMALIA; SUIDAE; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 0031682290     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod59.4.828     Document Type: Article

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