Journal of Dairy Science
Volume 92, Issue 8 , Pages 3604-3615 , August 2009

Equine αS1-casein: Characterization of alternative splicing isoforms and determination of phosphorylation levels

  • A. Matéos

      Affiliations

    • Unité de Recherche Animal et Fonctionnalités des Produits Animaux (UR AFPA) – Equipe Protéolyse et Biofonctionnalités des Protéines et des Peptides (PB2P), Nancy-Université, Vandœuvre-lès-Nancy, France
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  • L. Miclo

      Affiliations

    • Unité de Recherche Animal et Fonctionnalités des Produits Animaux (UR AFPA) – Equipe Protéolyse et Biofonctionnalités des Protéines et des Peptides (PB2P), Nancy-Université, Vandœuvre-lès-Nancy, France
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  • D. Mollé

      Affiliations

    • Science et Technologie du Lait et de l’Œuf (STLO), INRA UMR1253, Rennes, France
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  • A. Dary

      Affiliations

    • Unité de Recherche Animal et Fonctionnalités des Produits Animaux (UR AFPA) – Equipe Protéolyse et Biofonctionnalités des Protéines et des Peptides (PB2P), Nancy-Université, Vandœuvre-lès-Nancy, France
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  • J.-M. Girardet

      Affiliations

    • Unité de Recherche Animal et Fonctionnalités des Produits Animaux (UR AFPA) – Equipe Protéolyse et Biofonctionnalités des Protéines et des Peptides (PB2P), Nancy-Université, Vandœuvre-lès-Nancy, France
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author.
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  • J.-L. Gaillard

      Affiliations

    • Unité de Recherche Animal et Fonctionnalités des Produits Animaux (UR AFPA) – Equipe Protéolyse et Biofonctionnalités des Protéines et des Peptides (PB2P), Nancy-Université, Vandœuvre-lès-Nancy, France

Received 13 February 2009 ,Accepted 17 April 2009.

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PII: S0022-0302(09)70681-2

doi: 10.3168/jds.2009-2125

Journal of Dairy Science
Volume 92, Issue 8 , Pages 3604-3615 , August 2009

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