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Proteolytic Systems in Milk: Perspectives on the Evolutionary Function within the Mammary Gland and the Infant

Creator:

Dallas, David C., Murray, Niamh M., and Gan, Junai

Abstract:

Milk contains elements of numerous proteolytic systems (zymogens, active proteases, protease inhibitors and protease activators) produced in part from blood, in part by mammary epithelial cells and in part by immune cell secretion. Researchers have examined milk proteases for decades, as they can cause major defects in milk quality and...

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controlled by a balance of protease inhibitors and protease activators so that only a small portion of milk