Purification of a candidate gonadotrophin surge attenuating factor from human follicular fluid

Human Reproduction

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1449-1456

  Pappa, Aglaia ^a,e   Seferiadis, Konstantin ^b   Fotsis, Theodore ^c   Shevchenko, Andrej ^d   Marselos, Marios ^a   Tsolas, Orestes ^a   E messinis, Ioannis ^a  

^a Department of Pharmacology ^*  (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

^c EUROPEAN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

^e UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Gonadotrophin surge attenuating factor; Human follicular fluid; Luteinizing hormone

Indexed keywords

GONADORELIN; GONADOTROPIN SURGE ATTENUATING FACTOR; LUTEINIZING HORMONE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; CHROMATOGRAPHY; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; HYPOPHYSIS CELL; LUTEINIZING HORMONE RELEASE; NONHUMAN; OVARY FOLLICLE FLUID; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RAT; REVERSED PHASE HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY;

EID: 0032993127     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/14.6.1449     Document Type: Article

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