A monoclonal antibody against chorion proteins of the sea bass Dicentrarchus labrax (Linnaeus, 1758): Studies of chorion precursors and applicability in immunoassays

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 783-789

  Scapigliati, Guiseppe ^a   Meloni, S ^a   Mazzini, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TUSCIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CHORION; DEGLYCOSYLATION; EGG LAYING; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; FISH; IMMUNOBLOTTING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION;

ANIMALIA; DICENTRARCHUS LABRAX; SERRANIDAE;

EID: 0033047884     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod60.4.783     Document Type: Article

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