Isolation and characterization of FSH and LH from pituitary glands of Atlantic halibut (Hippoglossus hippoglossus L.)

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 131, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 97-105

  Weltzien, Finn Arne ^a,c   Norberg, Birgitta ^a   Swanson, Penny ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF MARINE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^b NORTHWEST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Atlantic halibut (Pleuronectiformes, Teleostei); Follicle stimulating hormone; Luteinizing hormone; Reproduction; Secretogranin III

Indexed keywords

11 OXOTESTOSTERONE; ACETONITRILE; ALCOHOL; AMMONIUM BICARBONATE; BICARBONATE; FOLLITROPIN; GLYCOPROTEIN; GONADOTROPIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALPHA CHAIN; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTRACTION; FLATFISH; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HIPPOGLOSSUS HIPPOGLOSSUS; HORMONE ACTION; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HYPOPHYSIS; IN VITRO STUDY; INSTRUMENTATION; ION EXCHANGE CHROMATOGRAPHY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRECIPITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURIFICATION; TELEOST; TESTIS; TURBOT;

EID: 0037381026     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-6480(02)00526-9     Document Type: Article

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