Journal of Dairy Science
Volume 91, Issue 12 , Pages 4466-4476 , December 2008

Expression and Characterization of Bioactive Recombinant Human α-Lactalbumin in the Milk of Transgenic Cloned Cows

  • J. Wang

      Affiliations

    • State Key Laboratory for AgroBiotechnology, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100094, P. R. China
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  • P. Yang

      Affiliations

    • State Key Laboratory for AgroBiotechnology, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100094, P. R. China
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  • B. Tang

      Affiliations

    • Beijing GenProtein Biotech Company Ltd., Beijing 100094, P. R. China
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  • X. Sun

      Affiliations

    • State Key Laboratory for AgroBiotechnology, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100094, P. R. China
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  • R. Zhang

      Affiliations

    • State Key Laboratory for AgroBiotechnology, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100094, P. R. China
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  • C. Guo

      Affiliations

    • State Key Laboratory for AgroBiotechnology, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100094, P. R. China
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  • G. Gong

      Affiliations

    • State Key Laboratory for AgroBiotechnology, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100094, P. R. China
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  • Y. Liu

      Affiliations

    • Beijing GenProtein Biotech Company Ltd., Beijing 100094, P. R. China
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  • R. Li

      Affiliations

    • Beijing GenProtein Biotech Company Ltd., Beijing 100094, P. R. China
    • ,
  • L. Zhang

      Affiliations

    • Beijing GenProtein Biotech Company Ltd., Beijing 100094, P. R. China
    • ,
  • Y. Dai

      Affiliations

    • State Key Laboratory for AgroBiotechnology, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100094, P. R. China
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  • N. Li

      Affiliations

    • State Key Laboratory for AgroBiotechnology, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100094, P. R. China
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author.

Received 18 March 2008 ,Accepted 19 July 2008.

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PII: S0022-0302(08)70912-3

doi: 10.3168/jds.2008-1189

Journal of Dairy Science
Volume 91, Issue 12 , Pages 4466-4476 , December 2008

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