Involvement of equine chorionic gonadotropin (eCG) carbohydrate side chains in its bioactivity; lessons from recombinant hormone expressed in insect cells

Reproduction Nutrition Development

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 255-259

  Legardinier, Sébastien ^a   Cahoreau, Claire ^a   Klett, Danièle ^a   Combarnous, Yves ^a  

^a UMR85 PHYSIOLOGIE DE LA REPRODUCTION ET DES COMPORTEMENTS   (France)

Author keywords

Baculovirus; Carbohydrate; Gonadotropin; Half life; Recombinant hormone

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE; RECOMBINANT CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; SERIC GONADOTROPIN;

ANIMAL CELL; BACULOVIRUS; HALF LIFE TIME; HORMONE STRUCTURE; HORSE; INSECT CELL; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN GLYCOSYLATION; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; BACULOVIRIDAE; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; CELL LINE; FEMALE; GLYCOSIDE HYDROLASES; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASES; GONADOTROPINS, EQUINE; HORSES; INSECTS; MALE; OLIGOSACCHARIDES; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SPODOPTERA;

EQUIDAE; INSECTA;

EID: 21844433465     PISSN: 09265287     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/rnd:2005018     Document Type: Review

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