Milk lacking α-casein leads to permanent reduction in body size in mice

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 7, 2011, Pages

  Kolb, Andreas F ^a,b   Huber, Reinhard C ^c,d,f   Lillico, Simon G ^d   Carlisle, Ailsa ^d   Robinson, Claire J ^a   Neil, Claire ^d   Petrie, Linda ^b   Sorensen, Dorte B ^e   Olsson, I Anna S ^c,f   Whitelaw, C Bruce A ^d  

^a HANNAH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b ROWETT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^f UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; ALPHA CASEIN; CALCIUM PHOSPHATE; MILK PROTEIN; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CALCIUM; CASEIN; PHOSPHATE;

ADULT ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; BODY WEIGHT; BREAST EPITHELIUM; CASEIN GENE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; FEMALE; GENE; GENE INACTIVATION; GROWTH INHIBITION; LACTATION; METABOLIC REGULATION; MICELLE; MILK; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN DEFICIENCY; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN SECRETION; TRANSCRIPTION TERMINATION; ANIMAL; APOPTOSIS; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CELL LINE; CYTOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE TARGETING; GENETICS; HEALTH; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METABOLISM; UDDER;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; MUS;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BODY SIZE; BODY WEIGHT; CALCIUM; CASEINS; CELL LINE; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE TARGETING; HEALTH; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MAMMARY GLANDS, ANIMAL; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MICE; MILK; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHOSPHATES;

EID: 79960604193     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0021775     Document Type: Article

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