Ovine allantoic fluid contains high concentrations of activin A: Partial dissociation of immunoactivity and bioactivity

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 233-240

  Foulds, Lynda M ^a   De Kretser, David M ^a,b   Farnworth, Paul ^b   Buttress, Danielle ^a   Jenkin, Graham ^a   Groome, Nigel P ^c   McFarlane, James R ^a,d  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b MONASH MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

^c OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVIN A;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; AMNION FLUID; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; DENSITOMETRY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SHEEP;

ACTIVINS; ALGORITHMS; ALLANTOIN; AMNIOTIC FLUID; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; BLOTTING, WESTERN; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; EMBRYONIC AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; INHIBINS; PITUITARY GLAND; PREGNANCY; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RATS; SHEEP; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ULTRAVIOLET;

ANIMALIA; OVIS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 0031879737     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod59.2.233     Document Type: Article

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