butyrophilin

English

Etymology

From butyro- +‎ -phile +‎ -in.

Noun

butyrophilin (countable and uncountable, plural butyrophilins)

1. Any of a family of proteins associated with lactation.
   • 2016 January 23, “Peptidylarginine Deiminase 3 (PAD3) Is Upregulated by Prolactin Stimulation of CID-9 Cells and Expressed in the Lactating Mouse Mammary Gland”, in PLOS ONE‎^[1], →DOI:

     For example, prolactin is required for stimulating robust transcription of a cohort of genes that encode proteins necessary for milk synthesis and secretion such as butyrophilin and α-lactalbumin.