Apoptotic cell death in the lactating mammary gland is enhanced by a folding variant of α-lactalbumin

Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences

Volumn 61, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1221-1228

  Baltzer, A ^a   Svanborg, C ^b   Jaggi, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

lactalbumin; Apoptosis; Breast cancer; Caspase; HAMLET; Involution; Protein folding

Indexed keywords

ALPHA LACTALBUMIN; CASPASE 3; FATTY ACID; HUMAN ALPHA LACTALBUMIN MADE LETHAL TO TUMOR CELL; MILK PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BREAST CELL; CELL DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; LACTATION; LUNG ALVEOLUS EPITHELIUM; MAMMARY GLAND; MORPHOLOGY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN VARIANT;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CASPASE 3; CASPASES; CELL LINE; CELL NUCLEUS; DNA FRAGMENTATION; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU NICK-END LABELING; LACTALBUMIN; LACTATION; MAMMARY GLANDS, ANIMAL; MICE; PROTEIN FOLDING; WEANING;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 2542548817     PISSN: 1420682X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00018-004-4046-7     Document Type: Article

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