Reconstitution of mammary gland development in vitro: Requirement of c- met and c-erbB2 signaling for branching and alveolar morphogenesis

Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 143, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 533-545

  Niemann, Catherin ^a   Brinkmann, Volker ^a,b   Spitzer, Eva ^a,c   Hartmann, Guido ^a,d   Sachs, Martin ^a   Naundorf, Helga ^a   Birchmeier, Walter ^a  

^a MAX DELBRÜCK CENTER FOR MOLECULAR MEDICINE   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR INFECTION BIOLOGY   (Germany)

^c Inst for Med of Molec Diagnostic   (Germany)

^d GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Development of mammary gland; Hepatocyte growth factor; MAPK kinase; Neuregulin; PI3 kinase

Indexed keywords

2 MORPHOLINO 8 PHENYLCHROMONE; NEU DIFFERENTIATION FACTOR; TYROSINE; WORTMANNIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BREAST CARCINOMA; BREAST DEVELOPMENT; BREAST EPITHELIUM; CELL ADHESION; CELL CULTURE; CELL SURVIVAL; DNA TRANSFECTION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; MAMMARY GLAND FUNCTION; MORPHOGENESIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY;

1-PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3-KINASE; ANDROSTADIENES; ANIMALS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CA(2+)-CALMODULIN DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE; CELL ADHESION MOLECULES; CHROMONES; ENZYME INHIBITORS; FLAVONOIDS; GLYCOPROTEINS; HEPATOCYTE GROWTH FACTOR; HUMANS; MAMMARY GLANDS, ANIMAL; MICE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MORPHOGENESIS; MORPHOLINES; NEUREGULINS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-MET; RECEPTOR, ERBB-2; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0032547843     PISSN: 00219525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.143.2.533     Document Type: Article

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