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Comparative study of the iron-binding strengths of equine, bovine and human lactoferrins

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 June 2009

Kei-Ichi Shimazaki
Affiliation:
Protein Chemistry Section, Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine, Obihiro, Hokkaido 080, Japan
Kazunary Oota
Affiliation:
Protein Chemistry Section, Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine, Obihiro, Hokkaido 080, Japan
Katsutoshi Nitta
Affiliation:
Division of Biological Sciences, Graduate School of Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Hokkaido 060, Japan
Yue Ke
Affiliation:
Inner Mongolia Normal University, Huhehot, Inner Mongolia, China

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Copyright © Proprietors of Journal of Dairy Research 1994

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