Identification of multiple pregnancy-associated glycoproteins (PAGs) purified from the European bison (Eb; Bison bonasus L.) placentas

Animal Reproduction Science

Volumn 112, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 229-250

  Kiewisz, J ^a   Sousa, N Melo de ^b   Beckers, J F ^b   Panasiewicz, G ^a   Gizejewski, Z ^c   Szafranska, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARMIA AND MAZURY IN OLSZTYN   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^c INSTITUTE OF ANIMAL REPRODUCTION AND FOOD RESEARCH   (Poland)

Author keywords

Bison bonasus; Chorion; Cotyledons; EbPAGs; European bison; PAG

Indexed keywords

GLYCOPROTEIN; PLACENTA PROTEIN;

ALGORITHM; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BREEDING; BUFFALO; CHEMISTRY; FEMALE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; PROTEOMICS;

ALGORITHMS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BISON; FEMALE; GLYCOPROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY PROTEINS; PREGNANCY, ANIMAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; PROTEOMICS;

BISON BONASUS; BOS; BOS TAURUS; BOVIDAE; VICIA VILLOSA;

EID: 63649132278     PISSN: 03784320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anireprosci.2008.04.021     Document Type: Article

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