Research article

Lack of functional alpha-lactalbumin prevents involution in Cape fur seals and identifies the protein as an apoptotic milk factor in mammary gland involution

Julie A Sharp^1,²^*, Christophe Lefèvre^2,³ and Kevin R Nicholas^1,²

¹ CRC for Innovative Dairy Products, Department of Zoology, University of Melbourne, VIC 3010, Australia

² Institute of Technology and Research Innovation, Deakin University, Geelong VIC 3214, Australia

³ Victorian Bioinformatics Consortium, Monash University, Clayton VIC 3080, Australia

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BMC Biology 2008, 6:48 doi:10.1186/1741-7007-6-48

Published: 6 November 2008

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