Short communication: Bovine α-casein is a ferritin-binding protein and inhibitory factor of milk ferritin immunoassay

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 92, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 3810-3814

  Sugawara, G ^a   Inoue, R ^a   Watanabe, K ^a   Ohtsuka, H ^a   Orino, K ^a  

^a KITASATO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ferritin; Immunoassay; Milk; casein

Indexed keywords

BOVINAE;

EID: 68949206278     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: 15253198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.2008-1948     Document Type: Article

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