The structure of platelet-activating factor acetylhydrolase (PAF-AH) isolated from boar seminal plasma and examined using mass spectrometry

Animal Science Papers and Reports

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 289-295

  Kordan, Władysław ^a   Malinowska, Agata ^b   Lecewicz, Marek ^a   Wysocki, Paweł ^a   Fraser, Leyland ^a   Strzezek, Jerzy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARMIA AND MAZURY IN OLSZTYN   (Poland)

^b INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY AND BIOPHYSICS   (Poland)

Author keywords

Acetylhydrolase; Boar; Mass spectrometry; Platelet activating factor; Seminal plasma

Indexed keywords

SUIDAE;

EID: 41149100567     PISSN: 08604037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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