Evidence for the utilization of peptides for milk protein synthesis in the lactating dairy goat in vivo

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 271, Issue 4 40-4, 1996, Pages

  Backwell, F R Colette ^a   Bequette, Brian J ^b   Wilson, Dana ^b   Metcalf, John A ^b   Franklin, Mike F ^b   Beever, David E ^b   Lobley, Gerald E ^b   MacRae, John C ^b  

^a ROWETT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

lactation; mammary gland; milk protein precursors; stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

MILK PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID METABOLISM; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GOAT; LACTATION; MAMMARY GLAND; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS;

EID: 0029907978     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.1996.271.4.r955     Document Type: Article

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