High levels of ferritin and its iron in fetal bovine serum

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Physiology

Volumn 118, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 165-169

  Kakuta, Kenichi ^a   Orino, Kouichi ^a   Yamamoto, Shinji ^a   Watanabe, Kiyotaka ^a  

^a KITASATO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cattle; Ferritin; Fetal bovine serum; Fetus; Iron; Pregnancy; Serum ferritin; Transferrin

Indexed keywords

FERRITIN; IRON; TRANSFERRIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CATTLE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; FETUS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; IRON BLOOD LEVEL; IRON STORAGE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSFERRIN BLOOD LEVEL;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FERRITINS; FETUS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IRON;

EID: 0031239480     PISSN: 03009629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0300-9629(96)00403-3     Document Type: Article

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