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Bovine thymopoietin and splenin are 49-amino acid polypeptide hormones of the thymus and spleen, respectively. Human thymopoietin and splenin were isolated from human thymus and spleen, respectively, by monitoring tissue fractionation with a bovine thymopoietin RIA cross-reavtive with human thymopoietin and spleen. The complete amino acid sequences of purified human thymopoietin and splenin were determined and shown to be 48-amino acid polypeptides differing at four positions (1).
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Simon, HU., Körner, IJ., Döcke, WD., Forner, K., Volk, HD. (1990). In Vitro Influence of Bovine and Human Diacetyl-Splenopentin on Human Peripheral Blood Lymphocytes in Comparison to Thymopentin. In: Masihi, K.N., Lange, W. (eds) Immunotherapeutic Prospects of Infectious Diseases. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-76120-1_10
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