Lactoferrin: Molecular structure and biological function

Annual Review of Nutrition

Volumn 15, Issue , 1995, Pages 93-110

  Lonnerdal B ^a   Iyer, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

bacteriostasis; growth factor; immune function; iron; iron absorption

Indexed keywords

LACTOFERRIN;

AUTOIMMUNITY; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; BACTERIOSTASIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; GENETIC REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN; INTESTINE MUCOSA; IRON ABSORPTION; IRON METABOLISM; IRON STORAGE; IRON TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; REVIEW; RNA TRANSLATION;

BOVINAE;

EID: 0029130333     PISSN: 01999885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.nu.15.070195.000521     Document Type: Review

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