Lactose synthesis in a monotreme, the echidna (Tachyglossus aculeatus): Isolation and amino acid sequence of echidna α-lactalbumin

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - B Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 118, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 403-410

  Messer, Michael ^a   Griffiths, Mervyn ^b   Rismiller, Peggy D ^c   Shaw, Denis C ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^d Biology and Environment   (Australia)

Author keywords

Echidna; Lactose; Lysozyme; Milk; Monotremes; Platypus; Protein; Sequence; lactalbumin

Indexed keywords

GALACTOSYLTRANSFERASE; LACTALBUMIN; LACTOSE; LYSOZYME;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CARBOHYDRATE SYNTHESIS; ECHIDNA; MONOTREMATE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN ISOLATION;

BOVINAE; EUTHERIA; MAMMALIA; METATHERIA; MONOTREMATA; ORNITHORHYNCHUS ANATINUS; TACHYGLOSSUS ACULEATUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0031453303     PISSN: 03050491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0305-0491(97)00162-4     Document Type: Article

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