Thiamin deposition in eggs is not dependent on riboflavin-binding protein |
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| Authors: | Mark S. Miller Edward G. Buss Harold B. White III |
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| Affiliation: | Department of Chemistry, University of Delaware, Newark, DE 19711, U.S.A.;Department of Poultry Science, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, U.S.A. |
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| Abstract: | The thiamin content of eggs laid by hens possessing no, one or two functional genes for riboflavin-binding protein is unaffected by the genotype. This does not support the hypothesis of Muniyappa & Adiga [Biochem. J. (1979) 177, 887–894] that the deposition of thiamin-binding protein is coupled to the deposition of riboflavin-binding protein. |
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