A new insight into the role of calpains in post-mortem meat tenderization in domestic animals: A review

Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 443-454

  Lian, Ting ^a   Wang, Linjie ^a   Liu, Yiping ^a  

^a SICHUAN AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Calpains; Domestic animals; Post mortem meat tenderization; Proteolysis system

Indexed keywords

EID: 84877281821     PISSN: 10112367     EISSN: 19765517     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5713/ajas.2012.12365     Document Type: Review

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