Purification and Characterization of Liver Ferritins from Different Animal Species

Veterinary Research Communications

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 165-181

  Suryakala, S ^a   Deshpande, V ^a  

^a OSMANIA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Buffalo; Camel; Cattle; Cross reaction; Ferritin; Heterogeneity; Shark; Sheep

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; BOVINAE; BUBALUS; CAMELIDAE; CHONDRICHTHYES; EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS; OVIS; OVIS ARIES;

AMINO ACID; AMMONIUM SULFATE; CARBOHYDRATE; FERRITIN; IRON; PHOSPHATE; PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; BUFFALO; CAMEL; CATTLE; CHEMISTRY; GEL CHROMATOGRAPHY; IMMUNODIFFUSION; IMMUNOELECTROPHORESIS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LIVER; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRECIPITATION; SHARK; SHEEP; ULTRACENTRIFUGATION;

AMINO ACIDS; AMMONIUM SULFATE; ANIMALS; BUFFALOES; CAMELS; CARBOHYDRATES; CATTLE; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GEL; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; FERRITINS; IMMUNODIFFUSION; IMMUNOELECTROPHORESIS; IRON; LIVER; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PHOSPHATES; PRECIPITATION; PROTEINS; SHARKS; SHEEP; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ATOMIC; ULTRACENTRIFUGATION;

EID: 0033129477     PISSN: 01657380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006225601199     Document Type: Article

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