Protein and peptide degradation in the intestine of the common brushtail possum (Trichosurus vulpecula)

Journal of Comparative Physiology B: Biochemical, Systemic, and Environmental Physiology

Volumn 172, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 553-559

  Wen, J Y ^a   Ledger, Robin ^a   McLeod, B J ^b   Davies, N M ^a   Butt, A G ^a   Tucker, I G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b INVERMAY AGRICULTURAL CENTRE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Brushtail possum; Luminal extracts; Mucosal extracts; Proteolytic activity

Indexed keywords

BOVINE SERUM ALBUMIN; CHYMOTRYPSIN; ENZYME; GONADORELIN; PEPTIDE HYDROLASE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ENZYMOLOGY; INTESTINE; MALE; METABOLISM; OPOSSUM; PANCREAS; STOMACH JUICE; STOMACH MUCOSA; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ANIMALS; CHYMOTRYPSIN; ENZYMES; GASTRIC MUCOSA; GASTROINTESTINAL CONTENTS; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; INTESTINES; MALE; OPOSSUMS; PANCREAS; PEPTIDE HYDROLASES; SERUM ALBUMIN, BOVINE; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0036931693     PISSN: 01741578     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00360-002-0281-0     Document Type: Article

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