Gene Review:
Wap - whey acidic protein
Rattus norvegicus
Synonyms:
WAP, Whey acidic protein, Whey phosphoprotein
- High-level expression of the rat whey acidic protein gene is mediated by elements in the promoter and 3' untranslated region. Dale, T.C., Krnacik, M.J., Schmidhauser, C., Yang, C.L., Bissell, M.J., Rosen, J.M. Mol. Cell. Biol. (1992)
- Distal regulatory elements required for rat whey acidic protein gene expression in transgenic mice. Li, S., Rosen, J.M. J. Biol. Chem. (1994)
- Obesity and insulin resistance in human growth hormone transgenic rats. Ikeda, A., Chang, K.T., Matsumoto, Y., Furuhata, Y., Nishihara, M., Sasaki, F., Takahashi, M. Endocrinology (1998)
- Effect of injection of antisense oligodeoxynucleotides of GAD isozymes into rat ventromedial hypothalamus on food intake and locomotor activity. Bannai, M., Ichikawa, M., Nishihara, M., Takahashi, M. Brain Res. (1998)
- Generation of polyclonal antibodies against purified rat whey acidic proteins and the synthesis of a tracer fusion protein suitable for use in radioimmunoassays. Krozowski, Z. Mol. Cell. Endocrinol. (1989)
- Complete sequence analysis of cDNA clones encoding rat whey phosphoprotein: homology to a protease inhibitor. Dandekar, A.M., Robinson, E.A., Appella, E., Qasba, P.K. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. (1982)
- Comparison of the whey acidic protein genes of the rat and mouse. Campbell, S.M., Rosen, J.M., Hennighausen, L.G., Strech-Jurk, U., Sippel, A.E. Nucleic Acids Res. (1984)
- Cloning and characterization of 5' upstream promoter region of rat WAP gene. Jura, J., Jura, J., Murzyn, K., Wegrzyn, P., Zarebski, A. Biochim. Biophys. Acta (2005)
- Molecular cloning and expression of ps20 growth inhibitor. A novel WAP-type "four-disulfide core" domain protein expressed in smooth muscle. Larsen, M., Ressler, S.J., Lu, B., Gerdes, M.J., McBride, L., Dang, T.D., Rowley, D.R. J. Biol. Chem. (1998)
- Identification, evolution, and regulation of expression of Guinea pig trappin with an unusually long transglutaminase substrate domain. Furutani, Y., Kato, A., Fibriani, A., Hirata, T., Kawai, R., Jeon, J.H., Fujii, Y., Kim, I.G., Kojima, S., Hirose, S. J. Biol. Chem. (2005)
- Nuclear proteins from lactating mammary glands bind to the promoter of a milk protein gene. Lubon, H., Hennighausen, L. Nucleic Acids Res. (1987)
- The murine whey acidic protein promoter directs expression to human mammary tumors after retroviral transduction. Oztürk-Winder, F., Renner, M., Klein, D., Müller, M., Salmons, B., Günzburg, W.H. Cancer Gene Ther. (2002)
- Nuclear transfer in the bovine using microinjected donor embryos: assessment of development and deoxyribonucleic acid detection frequency. Krisher, R.L., Gibbons, J.R., Gwazdauskas, F.C. J. Dairy Sci. (1995)
- Glucocorticoid regulation of rat whey acidic protein gene expression involves hormone-induced alterations of chromatin structure in the distal promoter region. Li, S., Rosen, J.M. Mol. Endocrinol. (1994)
- Regulation of milk protein gene expression in normal mammary epithelial cells by tumor necrosis factor. Shea-Eaton, W.K., Lee, P.P., Ip, M.M. Endocrinology (2001)
- Isolation and characterization of milk protein nuclear RNAs in rat mammary gland. Brown, T.L., Rosen, J.M. Anal. Biochem. (1986)
- Spatial and temporal expression of transferrin gene in the rat mammary gland. McCracken, J.Y., Molenaar, A.J., Wilkins, R.J., Grigor, M.R. J. Dairy Sci. (1994)
- Effects of compensatory growth on milk protein gene expression and mammary differentiation. Park, C.S., Choi, Y.J., Keller, W.L., Harrold, R.L. FASEB J. (1988)