Domestic Animal Endocrinology
Volume 31, Issue 2 , Pages 173-185 , August 2006

Production and characterization of recombinant equine prorelaxin

  • Jennifer L. Neumann

      Affiliations

    • Department of Animal Sciences, Rutgers University, 84 Lipman Drive, New Brunswick, NJ 08901, USA
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  • Anthoula Lazaris

      Affiliations

    • Nexia Biotechnologies, Inc., Vaudreuil-Dorion, Que., Canada J7V 8P5
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  • Yue-Jin Huang

      Affiliations

    • Nexia Biotechnologies, Inc., Vaudreuil-Dorion, Que., Canada J7V 8P5
    • ,
  • Costas Karatzas

      Affiliations

    • Nexia Biotechnologies, Inc., Vaudreuil-Dorion, Que., Canada J7V 8P5
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  • Peter L. Ryan

      Affiliations

    • Department of Animal and Dairy Sciences, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS 39762, USA
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  • Carol A. Bagnell

      Affiliations

    • Department of Animal Sciences, Rutgers University, 84 Lipman Drive, New Brunswick, NJ 08901, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1 732 932 0535; fax: +1 732 932 6996.

Received 21 June 2005 ,Revised 23 September 2005 ,Accepted 5 October 2005.

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doi: 10.1016/j.domaniend.2005.10.001

Domestic Animal Endocrinology
Volume 31, Issue 2 , Pages 173-185 , August 2006

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