An assessment of extraction and assay techniques for quantification of calpain and calpastatin from small tissue samples

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 83, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 2182-2188

  Kent, M P ^a   Veiseth, E ^a   Therkildsen, M ^b   Koohmaraie, M ^c,d  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b DANISH INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Denmark)

^c U S MEAT ANIMAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Biopsy; Calpain; Calpastatin; Lamb; Microassay; Quantification

Indexed keywords

OVIS ARIES;

EID: 33645963474     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/2005.8392182x     Document Type: Article

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