Bibliography: leaves 239-259. / 259 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm. / Title page, contents and abstract only. The complete thesis in print form is available from the University Library. / Concentrations of minimal medium components and fermentation parameters were optimized for high level constituitive expression of recombinant methionyl porcine growth hormone in E. coli. Improved yields were obtained when the magnesium concentration was reduced, and the ammonium chloride concentration increased. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Adelaide, Dept. of Biochemistry, 1995

Bibliography: leaves 239-259. / 259 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm. / Title page, contents and abstract only. The complete thesis in print form is available from the University Library. / Concentrations of minimal medium components and fermentation parameters were optimized for high level constituitive expression of recombinant methionyl porcine growth hormone in E. coli. Improved yields were obtained when the magnesium concentration was reduced, and the ammonium chloride concentration increased. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Adelaide, Dept. of Biochemistry, 1995

Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Adelaide, School of Molecular and Biomedical Science, Discipline of Biochemistry, 2004. / "June, 2004" Includes bibliographical references (leaves 137-156).

"June, 2004" / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 137-156) / xvi, 156 leaves : ill. (some col.), plates (col.) ; 30 cm. / Title page, contents and abstract only. The complete thesis in print form is available from the University Library. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Adelaide, School of Molecular and Biomedical Science, Discipline of Biochemistry, 2004

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Missouri-Columbia, 1998. / Typescript. Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 125-139). Also available on the Internet.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Missouri-Columbia, 1998. / Typescript. Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 125-139). Also available on the Internet.

These studies were conducted to examine the influence of several variables on the growth hormone binding protein (GHBP) in serum of pigs. Continuous long term porcine somatotropin (pST) injections (daily for 6-7 wk) increased GHBP activity (p < .05). However, periodic short term pST injections (daily, every second d or every fourth d for 2 wk) did not cause significant change in GHBP levels (p > .40). No difference was observed between fed animals and animals fasted for 5 days (p > .3). Between 0 and 6 mo of age boar and gilt serum GHBP activity were not significantly different from each other, but increased significantly with age in both sexes(p < .0001). There was no significant correlation between serum GHBP and body weight in this study (p > .30). In pregnant sows, GHBP concentrations were highest at the beginning (day 72) of the third trimester (p< .05). These values were compared with information in the literature on serum growth hormone (GH) concentrations and GH receptor activity under similar conditions. Growth hormone receptor activity reported by other researchers and GHBP activity appear to vary concurrently except during fasting which may indicate alternate regulation of either the GHBP or the GH receptor. / Graduation date: 1992

Graduation date: 1992

Bibliography: leaves 112-140. / xi, 141, [39] leaves, [8] leaves of plates : ill. ; 30 cm. / Title page, contents and abstract only. The complete thesis in print form is available from the University Library. / The aims of this thesis are to determine the initial cleavage sites of purified pepsin in long-R3-IGF-I and assess whether the resulting cleavages affect biological activity, to design and produce analogues of long-R3-IGF-I which contain amino acid substitutions, to characterise the resulting analogues for pepsin resistance and retention of biological activity and to assess the stability of the long-R3-IGF-I analogues under in vivo conditions using luminal stomach flushings. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Adelaide, Dept. of Biochemistry, 1996

Bibliography: leaves 148-189. / viii, 189 leaves, [5] leaves of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 30 cm. / Title page, contents and abstract only. The complete thesis in print form is available from the University Library. / A transgenic rat model was developed to allow the study of the effects of GH expression, growth regulation and reproductive function. Transgenic rats were created by pronuclear microinjection of a human metallothionein promoter porcine growth hormone (pGH) gene construct. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Adelaide, Dept. of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, 1996?