Immunological cross-reactivity between rainbow trout GTH I and GTH II and their α and β subunits: Application to the development of specific radioimmunoassays

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 111, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 28-37

  Govoroun, Marina ^a   Chyb, Jaroslaw ^a,b   Breton, Bernard ^a  

^a Campus de Beaulieu   (France)

^b POZNA UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Poland)

Author keywords

Gonadotropins; Immunological properties; Radioimmunoassays; Subunits

Indexed keywords

GONADOTROPIN; GTH 1; GTH 2; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BINDING COMPETITION; CROSS REACTION; DRUG POTENCY; HORMONAL REGULATION; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE MATURATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RAINBOW TROUT;

EID: 0032126980     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/gcen.1998.7087     Document Type: Article

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