Expression of the whey acidic protein (Wap) is necessary for adequate nourishment of the offspring but not functional differentiation of mammary epithelial cells

Genesis (United States)

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 1-11

  Triplett, Aleata A ^a   Sakamoto, Kazuhito ^a   Matulka, Laurice A ^a   Shen, Liya ^b   Smith, Gilbert H ^b   Wagner, Kay Uwe ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Differentiation; Gene targeting; Mammary gland; Whey acidic protein (WAP)

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CYSTEINE; MILK PROTEIN; PROTEINASE INHIBITOR; SECRETORY PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WHEY ACIDIC PROTEIN;

ALLELE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BREAST EPITHELIUM; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAILURE TO THRIVE; FEMALE; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; HISTOLOGY; INFANT NUTRITION; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; LACTATION; MAMMARY GLAND; MILK; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN MOTIF; PUERPERIUM; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; WAP GENE;

RODENTIA;

EID: 25444505450     PISSN: 1526954X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gene.20149     Document Type: Article

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