N-Terminal Fragment of Proopiomelanocortin
Structural Polymorphism & Structure-Bioactivity Characterization

By Jie Lu
November 2002
Leuven University Press
ISBN: 90-5867-254-9
110 pages, Illustrated, 6 1/8" x 9 1/2"
$55.00 Paper Original

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Contents of this Doctoral Dissertation include: the pituitary and its hormones, proopiomelanocortin (POMC), gene structure and tissue distribution of POMC, regulation of POMC, biological action of POMC peptides, n-POMC, culture of ATT-20 cell line and production of conditioned medium, purification of N-POMC material, dot-blot immunostaining, SDS-page, n-terminal amino acid sequencing, c-terminal amino acid sequencing, electrospray ionization mass spectrometry, bioassay of n-POMC isoforms, immunocytochemical detection of prolactin.

Endocrinology
Acta Biomedica Lovaniensia 269

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