A phylogenetic study of sulphation factor activity in 26 species.
Somatomedin (sulphation factor) activity was measured in 26 species by a porcine cartilage bioassay. Although non-dialysable inhibitory factors were present in many species, sulphation factor activity was present in the sera of all the vertebrates studied but was absent from the invertebrates.
D000818:Animals; D001681:Biological Assay; D005075:Biological Evolution; D006801:Humans; D010802:Phylogeny; D013002:Somatomedins / Q000097:blood*; D014714:Vertebrates
D013002:Somatomedins