Identification of cGnRH-II in the median eminence of Japanese quail (Coturnix coturnix japonica)

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 131, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 48-56

  Clerens, Stefan ^a   D'Hondt, Els ^a   Berghman, Luc R ^b   Vandesande, Frans ^a   Arckens, Lutgarde ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

GnRH; Immunoaffinity chromatography; Mass spectrometry; Quail

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; ANTIBODY; ANTISERUM; GONADORELIN DERIVATIVE; GONADOTROPHIN RELEASING HORMONE 2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY AFFINITY; ARTICLE; CHROMATOGRAPHY; COTURNIX COTURNIX JAPONICA; CROSS REACTION; FEMALE; FRAGMENTATION REACTION; HORMONE DETERMINATION; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; ISOLATION PROCEDURE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MEDIAN EMINENCE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUAIL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; REVERSED PHASE HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

EID: 0037335276     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-6480(02)00644-5     Document Type: Article

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