Isolation and characterization of transferrin from common carp (Cyprinus carpio L) seminal plasma

Fish and Shellfish Immunology

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 66-74

  Dietrich, Mariola A ^a   Zmijewski, Dominik ^a   Karol, Halina ^a   Hejmej, Anna ^b   Bilińska, Barbara ^b   Jurecka, Patrycja ^c   Irnazarow, Ilgiz ^c   Słowińska, Mariola ^a   Hliwa, Piotr ^d   Ciereszko, Andrzej ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ANIMAL REPRODUCTION AND FOOD RESEARCH   (Poland)

^b JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^c Polish Academy of Sciences   (Poland)

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

Author keywords

Common carp; Glycosylation; Iron binding; Seminal plasma; Transferrin

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955022369     PISSN: 10504648     EISSN: 10959947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fsi.2010.02.015     Document Type: Article

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