Purification and characterization of insulin from the Australian lungfish, Neoceratodus forsteri (Dipnoi)

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 116, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 1-9

  Conlon, J Michael ^a   Basir, Yousef ^a   Joss, Jean M P ^b  

^a CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Dipnoi; Insulin; Lungfish; Neoceratodus; Protopterus

Indexed keywords

INSULIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; FISH; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HORMONE STRUCTURE; ISOLATION PROCEDURE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURIFICATION;

EID: 0032857799     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/gcen.1999.7346     Document Type: Article

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