Open AccessNot just fat: investigating the proteome of cetacean blubber tissue
Author(s) -
Joanna Kershaw,
Catherine H. Botting,
Andrew Brownlow,
A. Hall
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
conservation physiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.942
H-Index - 37
ISSN - 2051-1434
DOI - 10.1093/conphys/coy003
Subject(s) - blubber , biology , proteome , adipose tissue , zoology , computational biology , anatomy , bioinformatics , biochemistry
The separation and identification of proteins from cetacean blubber tissue will help to establish a database of potential health markers in species with limited sampling opportunities, and to assign novel functional roles to blubber in keeping with current understanding of the multi-functional role of adipose tissue in other mammals.
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