The tammar wallaby: A model system to examine domain-specific delivery of milk protein bioactives

Seminars in Cell and Developmental Biology

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 547-556

  Nicholas, Kevin ^a   Sharp, Julie ^a   Watt, Ashalyn ^a   Wanyonyi, Stephen ^a   Crowley, Tamsyn ^a   Gillespie, Meagan ^a   Lefevre, Christophe ^a  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Development of suckled young; Domain specific activity; Mammary gland function; Milk protein bioactive; Wallaby

Indexed keywords

CATHELICIDIN; MILK PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WAP FOUR DISULPHIDE DOMAIN PROTEIN 2; WHEY ACIDIC PROTEIN;

ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; BREAST DEVELOPMENT; BREAST EPITHELIUM; BREAST MILK; CELL PROLIFERATION; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EVOLUTION; GENE EXPRESSION; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; INNATE IMMUNITY; KANGAROO; LACTATION; MARSUPIAL; NUTRITION; PIGEON; PLACENTAL MAMMALS; PLATYPUS; PREGNANCY; PROTECTION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN SECRETION; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW; STOMACH PARIETAL CELL; TAMMAR WALLABY;

ANIMALIA; EUTHERIA; MACROPUS EUGENII; METATHERIA;

EID: 84863880604     PISSN: 10849521     EISSN: 10963634     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.semcdb.2012.03.016     Document Type: Review

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