Identification and characterization of proteins synthesized de novo and secreted by the reproductive tract of the American alligator, Alligator mississippiensis

Journal of Reproduction and Fertility

Volumn 115, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 201-213

  Buhi, W C ^a   Alvarez, I M ^a   Binelli, M ^a   Walworth, E S ^a   Guillette Jr , L J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAIN; LEUCINE; OVALBUMIN; PROTEIN; TRITIUM;

ALLIGATOR; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CULTURE MEDIUM; EXPLANT; FEMALE; FLUOROGRAPHY; GENITAL SYSTEM; INFUNDIBULUM; ISOELECTRIC POINT; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; OVARY FOLLICLE; OVIDUCT; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SECRETION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS REGULATION; REPRODUCTION; UNITED STATES; VITELLOGENESIS;

ALLIGATOR; ALLIGATOR MISSISSIPPIENSIS; ALLIGATORINAE; ANIMALIA; TRITIUM;

EID: 0032927259     PISSN: 00224251     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/jrf.0.1150201     Document Type: Article

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