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The mammary gland-specific marsupial ELP and eutherian CTI share a common ancestral gene

BACKGROUND: The marsupial early lactation protein (ELP) gene is expressed in the mammary gland and the protein is secreted into milk during early lactation (Phase 2A). Mature ELP shares approximately 55.4% similarity with the colostrum-specific bovine colostrum trypsin inhibitor (CTI) protein. Altho...

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Autores principales: Pharo, Elizabeth A, De Leo, Alison A, Renfree, Marilyn B, Thomson, Peter C, Lefèvre, Christophe M, Nicholas, Kevin R
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3426482/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22681678
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2148-12-80