Primary structure of water buffalo α-lactalbumin variants A and B

Journal of Dairy Research

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 14-19

  Chianese, Lina ^a   Caira, Simonetta ^b   Lilla, Sergio ^a,b   Pizzolongo, Fabiana ^a   Ferranti, Pasquale ^a,b   Pugliano, Giovanni ^a   Addeo, Francesco ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

lactoglobulin; Bovine; Galactosyl transferase

Indexed keywords

LACTALBUMIN; MILK PROTEIN; WHEY PROTEIN;

ALLELE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BUFFALO; CHEMISTRY; ELECTROSPRAY MASS SPECTROMETRY; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GLYCOSYLATION; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; IMMUNOBLOTTING; ISOELECTRIC FOCUSING; MOLECULAR GENETICS;

ALLELES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BUFFALOES; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; GENE FREQUENCY; GLYCOSYLATION; IMMUNOBLOTTING; ISOELECTRIC FOCUSING; LACTALBUMIN; MILK PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, ELECTROSPRAY IONIZATION; VARIATION (GENETICS);

ANIMALIA; BOVINAE; BUBALUS; BUBALUS BUBALIS;

EID: 1642392631     PISSN: 00220299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022029903006551     Document Type: Article

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