A research note on factors affecting the determination of myofibrillar fragmentation

Meat Science

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 19-22

  Hopkins, D L ^a   Littlefield, P J ^a   Thompson, J M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Homogenization; Muscle; Myofibrils; Ovine; Proteolysis

Indexed keywords

OVIS;

EID: 0034421985     PISSN: 03091740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0309-1740(00)00012-7     Document Type: Article

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