The role of the light/dark cycle in the daily rhythm of serum proteins in Equus caballus

Journal of Applied Biomedicine

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 29-34

  Piccione, Giuseppe ^a   Marafioti, Simona ^a   Giannetto, Claudia ^a   Faggio, Caterina ^b   Panzera, Michele ^a   Fazio, Francesco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Daily rhythm; Electrophoresis profile; Horse; Photoperiod; Total proteins

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; ALPHA 2 GLOBULIN; ALPHA1 GLOBULIN; BETA GLOBULIN; GLOBULIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; EQUUS CABALLUS; HORSE; LIGHT DARK CYCLE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL;

EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS;

EID: 84856615964     PISSN: 1214021X     EISSN: 12140287     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/v10136-011-0019-y     Document Type: Article

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