β1,4-galactosyltransferase and lactose biosynthesis: Recruitment of a housekeeping gene from the nonmammalian vertebrate gene pool for a mammary gland specific function

Journal of Mammary Gland Biology and Neoplasia

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 315-324

  Shaper, Nancy L ^a   Charron, Martin ^a   Lo, Neng Wen ^a   Shaper, Joel H ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Gene recruitment; Lactating mammary gland; Transcriptional regulation; Translational regulation

Indexed keywords

LACTOSE; LACTOSE SYNTHASE;

ANIMAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; ENZYMOLOGY; FEMALE; GENE POOL; GENETICS; HUMAN; MAMMAL; METABOLISM; PROMOTER REGION; REVIEW; UDDER; VERTEBRATE;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; GENE POOL; HUMANS; LACTOSE; LACTOSE SYNTHASE; MAMMALS; MAMMARY GLANDS, ANIMAL; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); VERTEBRATES;

EID: 0032106019     PISSN: 10833021     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1018719612087     Document Type: Article

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