Partial purification of mare early pregnancy factor

American Journal of Reproductive Immunology

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 95-101

  Ohnuma, Katsuhiko ^a   Ito, Kazuei ^a   Takahashi, Jutaro ^a   Nambo, Yasuo ^b   Miyake, Yoh Ichi ^a  

^a IWATE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b EQUINE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Early pregnancy factor; Equine; Pregnancy; Rosette inhibition test

Indexed keywords

EARLY PREGNANCY FACTOR; SEPHAROSE;

ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COW; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; HORSE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; ION EXCHANGE CHROMATOGRAPHY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; ROSETTE TEST; SERODIAGNOSIS; ULTRAFILTRATION;

EID: 1242308314     PISSN: 10467408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.8755-8920.2003.00124.x     Document Type: Article

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