Pig whey acidic protein gene is surrounded by two ubiquitously expressed genes

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Gene Structure and Expression

Volumn 1627, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 7-14

  Rival Gervier, Sylvie ^a   Thépot, Dominique ^a   Jolivet, Geneviève ^a   Houdebine, Louis Marie ^a  

^a INRA Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique   (France)

Author keywords

Bacterial artificial chromosome; CPR2; Mammary gland; RAMP3; WAP

Indexed keywords

ACID PROTEIN; DNA FRAGMENT;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ARTIFICIAL CHROMOSOME; BREAST CELL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE INSERTION; GENE LOCATION; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HUMAN GENOME; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SWINE; TISSUE SPECIFICITY; WHEY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MUS MUSCULUS; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 0038368020     PISSN: 01674781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-4781(03)00051-4     Document Type: Article

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