Skeletal muscle connectin primary structures as related to animal species and muscle type

Journal of Food Science

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 451-453

  Tanabe, R ^a   Muroya, S ^a   Nakajima, I ^a   Chikuni, K ^a   Nakai, H ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ANIMAL HEALTH   (Japan)

Author keywords

Connectin; Meat conditioning; Meat texture; Skeletal muscle; Titin

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; GALLUS GALLUS; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 1842330885     PISSN: 00221147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2621.1997.tb04404.x     Document Type: Review

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