A preliminary analysis of the goat lactoferrin encoding gene

Italian Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 4, Issue , 2005, Pages 49-51

  Cosenza, G ^a   Pauciullo, A ^a   Illario, R ^a   Gallo, D ^a   Di Berardino, D ^a   Nicodemo, D ^a   Ramunno, Luigi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Capra hircus; Gene; Lactoferrin; Milk protein

Indexed keywords

CAPRA HIRCUS;

EID: 33645764876     PISSN: 15944077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4081/ijas.2005.2s.49     Document Type: Article

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