Biochemical differences between crop tissue and crop milk of pigeons (Columba livia)

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Physiology

Volumn 116, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 51-55

  Bharathi, L ^a   Shenoy, K B ^a   Hegde, S N ^a  

^a MANGALORE UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

biochemical differences; crop milk; mitogenic activity; nucleic acids; pigeon crop; protein

Indexed keywords

ACID PHOSPHATASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; CYTOSOL AMINOPEPTIDASE; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; LACTASE; NUCLEIC ACID; PROTEIN;

ADULT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AVIAN CROP; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; MALE; MILK; MITOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PIGEON; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031029043     PISSN: 03009629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0300-9629(96)00116-8     Document Type: Article

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