Identification of pregnancy-associated glycoproteins and alpha-fetoprotein in fallow deer (Dama dama) placenta

Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Bériot, Mathilde ^a   Tchimbou, Aline Flora ^a   Barbato, Olimpia ^b   Beckers, Jean François ^a   de Sousa, Noelita M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Affinity chromatography; Fallow deer; N terminal microsequencing; Pregnancy associated glycoprotein; Vicia villosa agarose

Indexed keywords

ALPHA FETOPROTEIN; GLYCOPROTEIN; PLACENTA PROTEIN; PLANT LECTIN; VICIA LECTINS;

AFFINITY CHROMATOGRAPHY; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; DEER; EVALUATION STUDY; FEMALE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; ITALY; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; PLACENTA; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PREGNANCY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

ALPHA-FETOPROTEINS; ANIMALS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, AFFINITY; DEER; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; FEMALE; GLYCOPROTEINS; ITALY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLACENTA; PLANT LECTINS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, PROTEIN;

EID: 84892400377     PISSN: 0044605X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1751-0147-56-4     Document Type: Article

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