Biological activities of tethered equine chorionic gonadotropin (eCG) and its deglycosylated mutants

Journal of Reproduction and Development

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 297-304

  Min, Kwan Sik ^a,b   Hiyama, Takashi ^c   Seong, Hwan Hoo ^d   Hattori, Naka ^a   Tanaka, Satoshi ^a   Shiota, Kunio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b Hankyong National University   (South Korea)

^c Pharmaceutical Company   (Japan)

^d NLRI   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Equine chorionic gonadotropin; Follicular stimulating hormone; Glycosylation; Luteinizing hormone; Tethered hormone

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; DEGLYCOCHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; FOLLITROPIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; OLIGOSACCHARIDE; ASPARAGINE; DNA; HORMONE; PEPTIDE; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

ALPHA CHAIN; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BETA CHAIN; BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGLYCOSYLATION; HORMONE ACTION; HORSE; NONHUMAN; ANIMAL; BIOASSAY; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; CHO CELL; DOSE RESPONSE; GENE VECTOR; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; GLYCOSYLATION; HAMSTER; METABOLISM; MUTATION;

ANIMALIA; EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS;

ANIMALS; ASPARAGINE; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; CHO CELLS; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; CRICETINAE; DNA; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; GENETIC VECTORS; GLYCOSYLATION; HORMONES; HORSES; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MODELS, GENETIC; MUTATION; OLIGOSACCHARIDES; PEPTIDES; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; TRANSFECTION;

EID: 16544380454     PISSN: 09168818     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1262/jrd.50.297     Document Type: Article

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