Conditional repression of STAT5 expression during lactation reveals its exclusive roles in mammary gland morphology, milk-protein gene expression, and neonate growth

Molecular Reproduction and Development

Volumn 78, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 585-596

  Reichenstein, Moshe ^a   Rauner, Gat ^a,b   Barash, Itamar ^a  

^a VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA CASEIN; CONNEXIN 32; DOXORUBICIN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; MILK PROTEIN; PROTEIN BCL 2; STAT5 PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GATA 3;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE REPRESSION; GESTATION PERIOD; GROWTH; LACTATION; MAMMARY GLAND; MOUSE; NEONATE GROWTH; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSACTIVATION; WEIGHT GAIN;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; DOXYCYCLINE; FEMALE; GATA3 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE KNOCKOUT TECHNIQUES; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; LACTATION; MAMMARY GLANDS, ANIMAL; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MILK PROTEINS; PREGNANCY; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; STAT5 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; WEIGHT GAIN;

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EID: 80051790179     PISSN: 1040452X     EISSN: 10982795     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrd.21345     Document Type: Article

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