Dogfish shark (Squalus acanthias) testes contain a relaxin

Journal of Andrology

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 110-115

  Steinetz, Bernard G ^a   Schwabe, Christian ^b   Callard, Ian P ^c,d   Goldsmith, Laura T ^e  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c Boston University   (United States)

^d MOUNT DESERT ISLAND BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^e RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Hormonal evolution; Shark relaxin; Testicular hormones; Testicular polypeptides

Indexed keywords

PEPTIDE HORMONE; RELAXIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOGFISH; GUINEA PIG; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; ION EXCHANGE CHROMATOGRAPHY; MALE; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; SHARK; TESTIS;

ANIMALS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, ION EXCHANGE; DOGFISH; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; GUINEA PIGS; MALE; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RELAXIN; TESTIS;

EID: 0031913656     PISSN: 01963635     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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