Human pituitary growth hormone: isolation and properties of two biologically active fragments from plasmin digests.
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Two biologically active fragments have been isolated from plasmic digests of human pituitary growth hormone. It was shown that these two fragments were derived from the cleavage of the Arg-Thr (positions 134-135) and the Lys-Gln (positions 140-141) bonds of the hormone: one has 134 amino acids and the other 51 amino acids, respectively. The two fragments were active in the rat tibia and pigeon crop-sac tests, as well as in complement fixation experiments.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
دوره 71 4 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1974