Uterocalin, a lipocalin provisioning the preattachment equine conceptus: Fatty acid and retinol binding properties, and structural characterization

Biochemical Journal

Volumn 356, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 369-376

  Suire, S ^a   Stewart, F ^a   Beauchamp, J ^a   Kennedy, M W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Endometrium; Histotroph; Lipid binding protein; Polyunsaturated fatty acids; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

BIOASSAY; BIOCHEMISTRY; FLUORESCENCE; LIPIDS; PROTEINS;

MORPHOGENESIS;

FATTY ACIDS;

11 (DANSYLAMINO)UNDECANOIC ACID; ARACHIDONIC ACID; DANSYL ALPHA AMINOOCTANOIC ACID; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; FATTY ACID BINDING PROTEIN; GAMMA LINOLENIC ACID; GLUTAMINE; ICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; LINOLEIC ACID; LIPOCALIN; OCTANOIC ACID; OLEIC ACID; PALMITIC ACID; PARINARIC ACID; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; RETINOL BINDING PROTEIN; TRYPTOPHAN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNDECANOIC ACID; UTEROCALIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENERGY METABOLISM; HORSE; MORPHOGENESIS; NIDATION; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; REPRODUCTION; TROPHOBLAST;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BLASTOCYST; CARRIER PROTEINS; DNA PRIMERS; FATTY ACIDS; FEMALE; HORSES; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; PREGNANCY; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE; TRYPTOPHAN; VITAMIN A;

ANIMALIA; EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS; EUTHERIA; MAMMALIA; METATHERIA;

EID: 0035367215     PISSN: 02646021     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/0264-6021:3560369     Document Type: Article

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