Structural determination of the oligosaccharides in the milk of a giant anteater (Myrmecophaga tridatyla)

Animal Science Journal

Volumn 79, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 699-709

  Urashima, Tadasu ^a   Komoda, Miki ^a   Asakuma, Sadaki ^b   Uemura, Yusuke ^c   Fukuda, Kenji ^a   Saito, Tadao ^d   Oftedal, Olav T ^e  

^a OBIHIRO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTER FOR HOKKAIDO REGION   (Japan)

^c IWATE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e SMITHSONIAN CONSERVATION BIOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Afrotheria; Giant anteater; Milk oligosaccharides; Myrmecophaga tridatyla; N glycolylneuraminic acid

Indexed keywords

AFROTHERIA; ELEPHAS MAXIMUS; EUARCHONTOGLIRES; EUTHERIA; MYRMECOPHAGA; MYRMECOPHAGIDAE;

EID: 55349098521     PISSN: 13443941     EISSN: 17400929     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1740-0929.2008.00583.x     Document Type: Article

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