Zebra chorionic gonadotropin: partial purification and characterization

• Published in: Biology of reproduction Vol. 44; no. 5; pp. 827 - 833
• Main Authors: MCFARLANE, J. R, CZEKALA, N. M, PAPKOFF, H
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Madison, WI Society for the Study of Reproduction 01.05.1991
• Subjects: Analytical, structural and metabolic biochemistry; Animals; Biological and medical sciences; Biological Assay; chorionic gonadotropin; Chorionic Gonadotropin - blood; Chorionic Gonadotropin - isolation & purification; Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; Female; Follicle Stimulating Hormone - blood; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; Luteinizing Hormone - blood; Perissodactyla - blood; Pregnancy; Pregnancy, Animal - blood; Protein hormones. Growth factors. Cytokines; Proteins; Radioimmunoassay; Radioligand Assay; Species Specificity; Characterization; Vertebrata; Mammalia; Chorionic gonadotropin; Purification; Radioimmunoassay; HPLC chromatography; Artiodactyla; Glycoprotein hormone; Ungulata; Biological activity; Placental hormone

Six samples of pregnant zebra (z) serum from the first and second trimesters of pregnancy were analyzed by RIA and shown to have chorionic gonadotropin levels comparable to that of the mare (0.9-5.3 micrograms/ml); first trimester levels in most cases were higher than second trimester levels. A pool...