Human placental GnRH-like factors: Parallel displacement in GnRH immuno- and receptor-binding assays can be caused by degradation of radiolabelled GnRH tracers

Molecular Human Reproduction

Volumn 5, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 1095-1106

  Bramley, T A ^a   Boyle, H P ^a   Menzies, G S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

GnRH; GnRH receptor; Placental membranes; Proteases; Receptor binding

Indexed keywords

GONADORELIN; GONADORELIN RECEPTOR; IODINE 125;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GONADOTROPIN RELEASE; HORMONE RECEPTOR INTERACTION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; ISOTOPE LABELING; LIGAND BINDING; NONHUMAN; PLACENTA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECEPTOR BINDING;

EID: 0032721496     PISSN: 13609947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molehr/5.12.1095     Document Type: Article

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