A β-catenin survival signal is required for normal lobular development in the mammary gland

Journal of Cell Science

Volumn 116, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1137-1149

  Tepera, Stacey B ^a   McCrea, Pierre D ^b   Rosen, Jeffrey M ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

catenin; Apoptosis; Lobular; Mammary gland; Wnt

Indexed keywords

BETA CATENIN; GLYCOPROTEIN; WNT PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BREAST DEVELOPMENT; BREAST EPITHELIUM; BREAST FEEDING; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL ADHESION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL JUNCTION; CELL LINE; CELL SURVIVAL; CHIMERA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOMINANT GENE; EPITHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; GENE REPRESSION; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC TRANSDUCTION; MAMMARY GLAND; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN ISOLATION; PROTEIN SECRETION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; RETROVIRUS; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEM CELL; TIME; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; BETA CATENIN; CELL DIVISION; CELL SURVIVAL; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; MAMMARY GLANDS, ANIMAL; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RATS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANS-ACTIVATORS;

ANIMALIA; MUS MUSCULUS; UNIDENTIFIED RETROVIRUS;

EID: 0037444482     PISSN: 00219533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jcs.00334     Document Type: Review

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