Seasonal variations of blood haptoglobin level of brown bears in Japan

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Physiology

Volumn 114, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 349-353

  Mominoki, Katsumi ^a   Tsuruga, Hifumi ^a   Morimatsu, Masami ^a   Saito, Masayuki ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

acute phase protein; bear; haptoglobin; hibernation; seasonal variation

Indexed keywords

HAPTOGLOBIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEAR; HEME SYNTHESIS; HIBERNATION; JAPAN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SEASONAL VARIATION;

EID: 0030222197     PISSN: 03009629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0300-9629(96)00024-2     Document Type: Article

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