Monotremes and marsupials: Comparative models to better understand the function of milk

Journal of Biosciences

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 581-588

  Kuruppath, Sanjana ^a   Bisana, Swathi ^a,b   Sharp, Julie A ^a   Lefevre, Christophe ^a   Kumar, Satish ^b   Rnicholas, Kevin ^a  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CENTRE FOR CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Altricial young; Evolution; Lactation; Mammal; Milk; Monotreme; Platform technologies; Proteins; Wallaby

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; MILK PROTEIN;

ADAPTATION; APOPTOSIS; BIOINFORMATICS; CELL PROLIFERATION; CLASSIFICATION; GENOMICS; INTESTINE DEVELOPMENT; LACTATION; MAMMAL; MAMMARY GLAND; MARSUPIAL; MILK; MONOTREMATE; NONHUMAN; NOTE; NUTRITION; ORGANOGENESIS; PLACENTAL MAMMALS; PROTEOMICS; REPRODUCTION;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; LACTATION; MAMMARY GLANDS, ANIMAL; MARSUPIALIA; MILK; MILK PROTEINS; MONOTREMATA;

MAMMALIA; METATHERIA; MONOTREMATA;

EID: 84866740130     PISSN: 02505991     EISSN: 09737138     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12038-012-9247-x     Document Type: Note

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