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Additional info: |
Recognizes synthetic human Urotensin II. There were no cross reactivities obtained with human Endothelin (aa 1-21) (< 0,1%); human big Endothelin (aa 1-38) (< 0,1%); human Urodilatin; human ANP (1-28) (< 0,1%); human BNP (aa 1-32) (< 0,1%); Adrenomedulin (aa 1-52) (< 0,1%); Relaxin (< 0,1%); and Somatostatin (< 0,1%). |