title: Lactoferrin: the path from protein to gene.
abstract: This review focuses on the basic research that was performed on the lactoferrin protein and gene that was conducted in my laboratory over the past 25 years. This manuscript will outline how we discovered that lactoferrin is a target gene for estrogen, and how the first mouse lactoferrin cDNA, promoter and gene was cloned. Additionally, study was further extended to investigating the human lactoferrin protein and gene. Lastly the expression of lactoferrin in various tissues of both human and rodent under various physiological conditions were examined.
authors.affiliation: Gene Regulation Section, Laboratory of Reproductive and Developmental Toxicology, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National Institutes of Health, MD K202, PO Box 12233, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709, USA. teng1@niehs.nih.gov
authors.forename: Christina T
authors.initials: CT
authors.lastname: Teng
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D006801:Humans; D007781:Lactoferrin / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism*; D020641:Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide; D011401:Promoter Regions, Genetic
chemical_list: D007781:Lactoferrin