Table 1 Total protein (TP) and equivalent fallow deer PAG (fdPAG) detected by two heterologous RIA systems
Fetal cotyledonary tissue | Maternal caruncular tissue | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
fdPAG (mg) and [PAG/TP ratio (%)] | fdPAG (mg) and [PAG/TP ratio (%)] | |||||
Purification step | TP (mg) | RIA-438 | RIA-706 | TP (mg) | RIA-438 | RIA-706 |
20-40% A.S. | 1,401.6 | 3.16 [0.23] | 0.12 [0.01] | 1,956.5 | 1.23 [0.06] | 0.06 [0] |
40-80% A.S. | 2,014.9 | 10.59 [0.53] | 0.44 [0.02] | 815.2 | 3.95 [0.48] | 0.31 [0.04] |