Site Contents

  1. Lactose Intolerance and Gene Regulation
  2. Lactose Intolerance: An Ancestral Trait
  3. All Proteins Are Carefully Regulated
  4. Lactase Gene Expression
  5. How Can the Amount of Lactase Be Reduced?
  6. How Is the LCT Gene Turned Off?
  7. Mechanism for Turning Off LCT
  8. Lactase Persistence Mutation
  9. Mutations Enabling Lactase Persistence
  10. Possible Mechanisms for Lactase Persistence
  11. Example of a Mechanism for Lactase Persistence
  12. Summary