Expression and bioactivity of a single chain recombinant equine luteinizing hormone (reLH)

Theriogenology

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 311-320

  Jablonka Shariff, Albina ^a   Roser, Janet F ^b   Bousfield, George R ^c   Wolfe, Michael W ^d   Sibley, Lillian E ^b   Colgin, Mark ^e   Boime, Irving ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c WICHITA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e AspenBio Pharma   (United States)

Author keywords

Equine; In vivo; LH; Recombinant single chain; Stallion

Indexed keywords

LUTEINIZING HORMONE; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; CHIMERA; CHO CELL; CRICETULUS; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; GENETICS; HAMSTER; HORSE; LEYDIG CELL; MALE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

ANIMALS; CHIMERA; CHO CELLS; CRICETINAE; CRICETULUS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; HORSES; LEYDIG CELLS; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MALE; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; TESTOSTERONE; TRANSFECTION;

BOS TAURUS; EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS;

EID: 33845289431     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2006.06.013     Document Type: Article

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