Uterine milk protein, a novel activin-binding protein, is present in ovine allantoic fluid

Endocrinology

Volumn 140, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 4745-4752

  McFarlane, J R ^a   Foulds, L M ^a   O'Connor, A E ^a   Phillips, D J ^a   Jenkin, G ^a   Hearn, M T W ^a   De Kretser, D M ^a  

^a MONASH MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVIN; ALPHA 2 MACROGLOBULIN; BINDING PROTEIN; GROWTH FACTOR; MILK PROTEIN; SERINE PROTEINASE INHIBITOR;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; AMNION FLUID; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FETUS; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; PLASMACYTOMA; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

EID: 0033305689     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/endo.140.10.7072     Document Type: Article

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