Cloned transgenic cattle produce milk with higher levels of β-casein and κ-casein

Nature Biotechnology

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 157-162

  Brophy, Brigid ^a   Smolenski, Grant ^a   Wheeler, Thomas ^a   Wells, David ^a   L'Huillier, Phil ^a,b   Laible, Götz ^a  

^a RUAKURA RESEARCH CENTRE   (New Zealand)

^b NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CASEIN; CLONING; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); GENES;

TRANSGENIC CATTLE;

BIOTECHNOLOGY;

BETA CASEIN; CASEIN; KAPPA CASEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CELL LINE; CELL NUCLEUS TRANSPLANTATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DAIRY CATTLE; DAIRY INDUSTRY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FIBROBLAST; FOOD COMPOSITION; GENETIC CODE; LACTATION; MILK PRODUCTION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOMATIC CELL; TRANSGENIC ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; CASEINS; CATTLE; CELL LINE; CLONING, ORGANISM; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; GENE DOSAGE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC ENHANCEMENT; MILK; NUCLEAR TRANSFER TECHNIQUES; PROTEIN ENGINEERING;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; BOVINAE; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0037313963     PISSN: 10870156     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nbt783     Document Type: Article

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