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Identification of a new molecular form of human α-lactalbumin

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 June 2009

Françoise Maynard
Françoise Maynard
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Laboratoire de Recherches de Technologie Laitière, INRA, 65 rue de Saint-Brieuc, 35042 Rennes, France
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α-Lactalbumin (α-La) is a protein found in the milk of all mammalian species and is involved in lactose biosynthesis in association with galactosyltransferase (Brodbeck et al. 1967). The primary structure of α-La from several species such as bovine (Brew et al. 1970), human (Findlay & Brew, 1972), and goat (McGillivray et al. 1979) has been determined. Hall et al. (1982) have established the nucleotide sequence and the organization of the human α-La gene (Hall et al. 1987).

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Journal of Dairy Research , Volume 59 , Issue 3 , August 1992 , pp. 425 - 429
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Copyright © Proprietors of Journal of Dairy Research 1992

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