Stably transfected HC11 cells provide an in vitro and in vivo model system for studying Wnt gene function

Cell Growth and Differentiation

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 839-849

  Humphreys, Robin C ^a   Rosen, Jeffrey M ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BREAST CARCINOGENESIS; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUMOR GROWTH;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ANIMALS; CADHERINS; CELL LINE; CELL TRANSPLANTATION; EPITHELIAL CELLS; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; GLYCOPROTEINS; MAMMARY GLANDS, ANIMAL; MAMMARY NEOPLASMS, EXPERIMENTAL; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, INBRED C3H; PREGNANCY; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS; PROTO-ONCOGENES; TRANSFECTION; WNT PROTEINS; WNT1 PROTEIN; WNT2 PROTEIN; ZEBRAFISH PROTEINS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0030861013     PISSN: 10449523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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