Recombinant porcine lactoferrin expressed in the milk of transgenic mice enhances offspring growth performance

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 55, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 4670-4677

  Wu, Shinn Chih ^a   Chen, Hsiao Ling ^b   Yen, Chih Ching ^c,d   Kuo, Meng Fu ^a   Yang, Tien Shuh ^e   Wang, Shih Rong ^e   Weng, Chung Nan ^e   Chen, Chuan Mu ^c   Cheng, Winston T K ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b DA YEH UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL CHUNG HSING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^e Animal Technology Institute Taiwan   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Growth rate; Mammary gland; Porcine lactoferrin; Transgenic mice

Indexed keywords

LACTALBUMIN; LACTOFERRIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CATTLE; CHEMISTRY; DUODENUM; FEMALE; GENETICALLY MODIFIED FOOD; GENETICS; INTESTINE MUCOSA; LACTATION; MICROVILLUS; MILK; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOUSE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROMOTER REGION; SECRETION; SWINE; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; ULTRASTRUCTURE; WEIGHT GAIN;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BODY WEIGHT; CATTLE; DUODENUM; FEMALE; FOOD, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; LACTALBUMIN; LACTATION; LACTOFERRIN; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MICROVILLI; MILK; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); SWINE; WEIGHT GAIN;

ANIMALIA; BOVINAE; MUS; MUS MUSCULUS; SUS;

EID: 34250744578     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jf063759o     Document Type: Article

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