Analysis of the efficiency of the rabbit whey acidic protein gene 5′ flanking region in controlling the expression of homologous and heterologous linked genes

Journal of Dairy Research

Volumn 72, Issue SPEC. ISS., 2005, Pages 113-119

  Devinoy, Eve ^a   Montoliu, Lluís ^b   Baranyi, Mária ^c   Thépot, Dominique ^d   Hiripi, Lászlo ^c   Fontaine, Marie Louise ^a   Bodrogi, Lilla ^c   Bosze, Zsuzsanna ^c  

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

^b CENTRO NACIONAL DE BIOTECNOLOGÍA   (Spain)

^c SZENT ISTVÁN UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

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

Author keywords

Mammary gland; Milk; Mouse; Rabbit; Rat; Transgenic; Whey acidic protein

Indexed keywords

MUS MUSCULUS; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 24944560936     PISSN: 00220299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022029905001111     Document Type: Article

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