The major hormone-specific discontinuous epitopes on human chorionic gonadotrophin

Journal of Molecular Endocrinology

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 571-581

  Charrel Dennis, M ^a,d   Jackson, A M ^a,e   Lund, T ^a   Lapthorn, A J ^b   Berger, P ^c   Roitt, I M ^a   Delves, P J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^c ERICH SCHMID INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS SCIENCE   (Austria)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e Discerna Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; EPITOPE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANIMAL CELL; ANTIGEN SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; BETA CHAIN; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS REACTION; DRUG TARGETING; HORMONE STRUCTURE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CHO CELLS; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN, BETA SUBUNIT, HUMAN; CRICETINAE; CRICETULUS; EPITOPES; GLYCOSYLATION; HORMONES; HUMANS; MUTATION;

EID: 2342562475     PISSN: 09525041     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1677/jme.0.0320571     Document Type: Article

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