Carcass Characteristics, the Calpain Proteinase System, and Aged Tenderness of Angus and Brahman Crossbred Steers

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 75, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 2955-2961

  Pringle, T D ^a   Williams, S E ^a   Lamb, B S ^a   Johnson, D D ^b   West, R L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aberdeen Angus; Brahman; Calpastatin; Marbling; Tenderness

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM BINDING PROTEIN; CALPAIN; CALPASTATIN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BREEDING; CATTLE; CHEMISTRY; ENZYMOLOGY; FEMALE; FOOD HANDLING; GENETICS; GOVERNMENT; ION EXCHANGE CHROMATOGRAPHY; MALE; MEAT; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; STANDARD; TIME; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; BODY COMPOSITION; BREEDING; CALCIUM-BINDING PROTEINS; CALPAIN; CATTLE; CHROMATOGRAPHY, ION EXCHANGE; FEMALE; FOOD TECHNOLOGY; MALE; MEAT; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE;

EID: 0031267271     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/1997.75112955x     Document Type: Article

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