Regulated expression of homeobox genes Msx-1 and Msx-2 in mouse mammary gland development suggests a role in hormone action and epithelial-stromal interactions

Developmental Biology

Volumn 177, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 347-355

  Friedmann, Yael ^a,b   Daniel, Charles W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIESTROGEN; ESTROGEN; MESSENGER RNA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BREAST DEVELOPMENT; BREAST EPITHELIUM; CELL INTERACTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL GENETICS; EPITHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HOMEOBOX; HORMONAL REGULATION; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; INVOLUTION; LACTATION; MAMMARY GLAND; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROMA CELL;

EID: 0030578445     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/dbio.1996.0168     Document Type: Article

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