Isolation and partial characterization of a pregnancy-associated glycoprotein family from the goat placenta

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 109-115

  Garbayo, Juana Maria ^a   Remy, Benoit ^a   Alabart, Jose Luis ^b   Folch, Jose ^b   Wattiez, Ruddy ^c   Falmagne, Paul ^c   Beckers, Jean Francois ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^b Instituto Agroalimentario de Aragón IA2   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MONS   (Belgium)

^d Laboratory of Parasitology   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PREGNANCY ASSOCIATED PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GOAT; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; PLACENTA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN GLYCOSYLATION; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMMONIUM SULFATE; ANIMALS; CHROMATOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; FEMALE; GLYCOPROTEINS; GLYCOSYLATION; GOATS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PLACENTA; PRECIPITATION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY PROTEINS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ANIMALIA; CAPRA; CAPRA HIRCUS;

EID: 0031983814     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod58.1.109     Document Type: Article

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