Isolation and primary structure of adrenocorticotropin from several species of whale

The isolation of adrenocorticotropin (ACTH) from fin (Balaenoptera physalus), sei (Blaenoptera borelis) and sperm (Physeter catodon) whale pituitaries is described. Their primary structures have been elucidated by the fluorescein isothiocyanate method and revealed to be identical to the structure of...

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Main Authors: Kawauchi, Hiroshi, Muramoto, Koji, Ramachandran, J.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:unknown
Published: Munksgaard International Publishers 1978
Subjects:
QH301 Biology
Catodon
Balaenoptera physalus
Fin whale
Online Access:http://repository.ias.ac.in/40944/
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1399-3011.1978.tb02903.x/abstract
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Summary:The isolation of adrenocorticotropin (ACTH) from fin (Balaenoptera physalus), sei (Blaenoptera borelis) and sperm (Physeter catodon) whale pituitaries is described. Their primary structures have been elucidated by the fluorescein isothiocyanate method and revealed to be identical to the structure of the human hormone. Fin whale exhibited an identical steroidogenic activity to that of the porcine hormone.

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