Presence of an 85 kDa pituitary protein (Pit-G) in porcine GH-producing cells

Journal of Reproduction and Development

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 87-95

  Kato, Yukio ^a,b   Kato, Takako ^a,b   Tomizawa, Kyoko ^b   Ogawa, Satoshi ^b   Hattori, Masa Aki ^c   Inoue, Kinji ^d  

^a MEIJI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b GUNMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d SAITAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

GH; Pituitary; Protein purification

Indexed keywords

EID: 5144229273     PISSN: 09168818     EISSN: 13484400     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1262/jrd.48.87     Document Type: Article

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