Peptide mapping of S-carboxymethylated hair and feather proteins using two-dimensional electrophoresis

International Journal of Biochemistry and Cell Biology

Volumn 28, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 1155-1162

  Khawar, Sitwat Lubna ^a   Watson, Kenneth ^a   Jones, Graham L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Electrophoresis; Feather protiens; Hair proteins; Radioactive labelling; SDS; Tryptic digestion

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHORESIS; FEATHER; HAIR; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; NONHUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; PEPTIDE MAPPING;

ANIMALIA; AVES; LANES;

EID: 0030272810     PISSN: 13572725     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/1357-2725(96)00051-9     Document Type: Article

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