ISSN:
0730-2312
Keywords:
pituitary fibroblast growth factor
;
silver staining
;
amino acid analysis
;
Life and Medical Sciences
;
Cell & Developmental Biology
Source:
Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
Topics:
Biology
,
Chemistry and Pharmacology
,
Medicine
Notes:
A purification procedure and partial characterization of bovine pituitary fibroblast growth factor (FGF) are described. The steps of the published methods [3,4] which yield inhomogeneous material, were retained, with modifications. The final isolation, with an additional purification of ∼20-fold, was achieved by electro-phoresis in polyacrylamide gels at acid pH. The mitogenic peptide has a molecular weight of 14,500-15,00 as determined on SDS gels, chromatographs as a monomer in nondenaturing conditions, and is active at the picomolar level in effecting the incorporation of 3H-thymidine in Balb/c 3T3 cells. A preliminary amino acid composition is presented.
Additional Material:
8 Ill.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jcb.240210302
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