Development of an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay for vitellogenin of Morelet's crocodile (Crocodylus moreletii)

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - C Toxicology and Pharmacology

Volumn 143, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 50-58

  Selcer, Kyle W ^a   Nespoli, Lisa M ^a   Rainwater, Thomas R ^b   Finger, Adam G ^b,d   Ray, David A ^b,e   Platt, Steven G ^c   Smith, Philip N ^b   Densmore, Llewellyn D ^b   McMurry, Scott T ^b  

^a DUQUESNE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Oglala Lakota College   (United States)

^d V tech Environmental Services   (United States)

^e LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Crocodile; Crocodylus moreletii; ELISA; Vitellogenin

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN ANTIBODY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VITELLOGENIN; VITELLOGENIN ANTIBODY;

ALLIGATOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BREEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS REACTION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GEL FILTRATION CHROMATOGRAPHY; MALE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN INDUCTION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ALLIGATOR; ANIMALIA; CROCODYLIDAE (ALL CROCODILES); CROCODYLUS MORELETII;

EID: 33645408570     PISSN: 15320456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpc.2005.12.001     Document Type: Article

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