Vitellogenin isolation, purification and antigenic cross-reactivity in three teleost species

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - B Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 134, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 467-476

  Watts, M ^a   Pankhurst, N W ^a   Pryce, A ^b   Sun, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Atlantic salmon; Cross reactivity; Greenback flounder; Polyclonal antisera; Rainbow trout; Vitellogenin

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; ESTRADIOL; POLYCLONAL ANTISERUM; VITELLOGENIN;

ARTICLE; ATLANTIC SALMON; BINDING COMPETITION; BLOOD; CROSS REACTION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FLOUNDER; GEL FILTRATION; MALE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ISOLATION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; RAINBOW TROUT; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TELEOST; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ONCORHYNCHUS; ONCORHYNCHUS MYKISS; PLEURONECTOIDEI; RHOMBOSOLEA TAPIRINA; SALMO; SALMO SALAR; SALMONIDAE; TELEOSTEI;

EID: 0037333806     PISSN: 10964959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1096-4959(02)00288-9     Document Type: Article

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