Prosaposin, a Neurotrophic Factor: Presence and Properties in Milk

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 264-272

  Patton, Stuart ^a   Carson, Geoffrey S ^a   Hiraiwa, Masao ^a   O'Brien, John S ^a   Sano, Akira ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b EHIME UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bovine milk; Neurotrophic factor; Prosaposin; Saposins

Indexed keywords

BOVINAE; CAPRA HIRCUS; PAN TROGLODYTES;

CONCANAVALIN A; GLYCOPROTEIN; PSAP PROTEIN, HUMAN; PSAP PROTEIN, RAT; SPHINGOLIPID ACTIVATOR PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BREAST MILK; CATTLE; CHEMISTRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MACACA; METABOLISM; MILK; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PAN TROGLODYTES; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RAT; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CATTLE; CONCANAVALIN A; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; FEMALE; GLYCOPROTEINS; HUMANS; MACACA MULATTA; MILK; MILK, HUMAN; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PAN TROGLODYTES; RATS; SAPOSINS;

EID: 0031066352     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.S0022-0302(97)75934-4     Document Type: Article

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