Lactoferrin Structure and Function

Lactoferrin is an intriguing protein with an interesting structure and several known or suggested biological activities. We feel that attention on this protein has been too limited and diffuse, partly because it has been "hidden" among other well-known ir

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LACTOFERRIN Structure and Function

Edited by

T. William Hutchens University of California, Davis Davis, California

Sylvia V. Rumball Massey University Palmerston North, N e w Zealand

and

Bo Lönnerdal University of California, Davis Davis, California

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