Lactase
"Lactase" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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An enzyme which catalyzes the hydrolysis of LACTOSE to D-GALACTOSE and D-GLUCOSE. Defects in the enzyme cause LACTOSE INTOLERANCE.
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D043322
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MeSH Number(s) |
D08.811.277.450.410.100.500
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Concept/Terms |
Lactase- Lactase
- Lactose Galactohydrolase
- Galactohydrolase, Lactose
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2006 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Lactase" by people in Profiles.
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Patin E, Lopez M, Grollemund R, Verdu P, Harmant C, Quach H, Laval G, Perry GH, Barreiro LB, Froment A, Heyer E, Massougbodji A, Fortes-Lima C, Migot-Nabias F, Bellis G, Dugoujon JM, Pereira JB, Fernandes V, Pereira L, Van der Veen L, Mouguiama-Daouda P, Bustamante CD, Hombert JM, Quintana-Murci L. Dispersals and genetic adaptation of Bantu-speaking populations in Africa and North America. Science. 2017 05 05; 356(6337):543-546.
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Field Y, Boyle EA, Telis N, Gao Z, Gaulton KJ, Golan D, Yengo L, Rocheleau G, Froguel P, McCarthy MI, Pritchard JK. Detection of human adaptation during the past 2000 years. Science. 2016 11 11; 354(6313):760-764.
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Gallego Romero I, Basu Mallick C, Liebert A, Crivellaro F, Chaubey G, Itan Y, Metspalu M, Eaaswarkhanth M, Pitchappan R, Villems R, Reich D, Singh L, Thangaraj K, Thomas MG, Swallow DM, Mirazón Lahr M, Kivisild T. Herders of Indian and European cattle share their predominant allele for lactase persistence. Mol Biol Evol. 2012 Jan; 29(1):249-60.
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Tishkoff SA, Reed FA, Ranciaro A, Voight BF, Babbitt CC, Silverman JS, Powell K, Mortensen HM, Hirbo JB, Osman M, Ibrahim M, Omar SA, Lema G, Nyambo TB, Ghori J, Bumpstead S, Pritchard JK, Wray GA, Deloukas P. Convergent adaptation of human lactase persistence in Africa and Europe. Nat Genet. 2007 Jan; 39(1):31-40.
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