Introduction of the human growth hormone gene into the guinea pig mammary gland by in vivo transfection promotes sustained expression of human growth hormone in the milk throughout lactation
Hens J, Amstutz M, Schanbacher F, Mather I. Introduction of the human growth hormone gene into the guinea pig mammary gland by in vivo transfection promotes sustained expression of human growth hormone in the milk throughout lactation. Biochimica Et Biophysica Acta 2000, 1523: 161-171. PMID: 11042380, DOI: 10.1016/s0304-4165(00)00117-3.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsFemaleGuinea PigsHuman Growth HormoneHumansLactationMammary Glands, AnimalMilkPlasmidsPregnancyRecombinant ProteinsReverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain ReactionTime FactorsTransfectionConceptsHuman growth hormone geneGrowth hormone geneGuinea-pig mammary glandPig mammary glandHormone geneBovine mammary cellsTransfection of cellsMammary glandGene promoterBiological roleRecombinant proteinsTransgenic animalsExpression plasmidMammary cellsHuman growth hormoneCytomegalovirus promoterTransfectionSustained expressionGenesPromoterGrowth hormonePlasmid DNAMammary tissueExpressionTransfection complexes