A novel cell culture model for studying differentiation and apoptosis in the mouse mammary gland

Breast Cancer Research

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 222-235

  Gordon, Katrina E ^a   Binas, Bert ^b   Chapman, Rachel S ^c   Kurian, Kathreena M ^c   Clarkson, Richard W E ^d   Clark, A John ^a   Lane, E Birgitte ^e   Watson, Christine J ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b MAX DELBRÜCK CENTER FOR MOLECULAR MEDICINE   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Differentiation; Immortalization; Mammary gland

Indexed keywords

ACID PROTEIN; BETA CASEIN; BETA LACTOGLOBULIN; MILK PROTEIN; PROLACTIN; STAT5 PROTEIN; VIRUS LARGE T ANTIGEN;

ANIMAL CELL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; BREAST EPITHELIUM; CELL CLONE; CELL CULTURE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL IMMORTALIZATION; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL POLARITY; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL SURVIVAL; CELL TRANSFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPITHELIUM CELL; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; INVOLUTION; MAMMARY GLAND; MODEL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PREGNANCY; PROMOTER REGION; SIMIAN VIRUS 40; SPINDLE CELL; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVE MUTANT; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; TIGHT JUNCTION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; WHEY;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, VIRAL, TUMOR; APOPTOSIS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BREAST; CASEINS; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINE, TRANSFORMED; EPITHELIUM; FEMALE; GENE DOSAGE; GENETIC VECTORS; LACTOGLOBULINS; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MILK PROTEINS; PREGNANCY; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SIMIAN VIRUS 40; TRANS-ACTIVATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0034468123     PISSN: 14655411     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/bcr57     Document Type: Article

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