Twist is up-regulated in response to Wnt1 and inhibits mouse mammary cell differentiation

Cancer Research

Volumn 63, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 1906-1913

  Howe, Louise R ^a,b,c   Watanabe, Osamu ^b,d   Leonard, James ^b,e   Brown, Anthony M C ^a,b  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Strang Cancer Research Laboratory   (United States)

^d TOKYO WOMEN'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e ARENA PHARMACEUTICALS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA CASEIN; BETA CATENIN; MILK PROTEIN; PROLACTIN; PROTEIN C JUN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PEA3; TRASNCRIPTION FACTOR TWIST; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WT1 PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BREAST CARCINOGENESIS; BREAST CELL; BREAST TUMOR; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EPITHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE INDUCTION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; MAMMARY GLAND; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ONCOGENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; UPREGULATION;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BETA CATENIN; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, NEOPLASTIC; MALE; MAMMARY GLANDS, ANIMAL; MAMMARY NEOPLASMS, EXPERIMENTAL; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-JUN; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TWIST TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UP-REGULATION; WNT PROTEINS; WNT1 PROTEIN; ZEBRAFISH PROTEINS;

EID: 0345700653     PISSN: 00085472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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