SHEEP ANTI hCG (INTACT)

Store at 4 °C or at -20 °C if preferred. Storage in frost-free freezers is not recommended. This product should be stored undiluted. Avoid repeated freezing and thawing as this may denature the antibody. Should this product contain a precipitate we recommend microcentrifugation before use.<br>Shelf Life: 18 months from date of despatch.

This item is specific for human chorionic gonadotrophin (hCG), a 30kD hormone produced by placental syncytiotrophoblasts. hCG acts to maintain the corpus luteum until the developing placenta is able to produce the required levels of oestrogen and progesterone. <br> <br>hCG shares a common alpha chain with the pituitary hormones FSH, TSH and LH, but has a unique beta chain. This antibody reacts with intact hCG.

[glycoprotein hormones alpha chain isoform 2; Glycoprotein hormones alpha chain; glycoprotein hormones alpha chain; FSH-alpha; LSH-alpha; TSH-alpha; anterior pituitary glycoprotein hormones common subunit alpha; choriogonadotropin alpha chain; chorionic gonadotrophin subunit alpha; chorionic gonadotropin, alpha polypeptide; follicle-stimulating hormone alpha chain; follicle-stimulating hormone alpha subunit; follitropin alpha chain; luteinizing hormone alpha chain; lutropin alpha chain; thyroid-stimulating hormone alpha chain; thyrotropin alpha chain; glycoprotein hormones, alpha polypeptide; Anterior pituitary glycoprotein hormones common subunit alpha; Choriogonadotropin alpha chain; Chorionic gonadotrophin subunit alpha; CG-alpha; Follicle-stimulating hormone alpha chain; FSH-alpha; Follitropin alpha chain; Luteinizing hormone alpha chain; LSH-alpha; Lutropin alpha chain; Thyroid-stimulating hormone alpha chain; TSH-alpha; Thyrotropin alpha chain]