Estrogen receptor-α and progesterone receptor are expressed in label-retaining mammary epithelial cells that divide asymmetrically and retain their template DNA strands

Breast Cancer Research

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2006, Pages

  Booth, Brian W ^a   Smith, Gilbert H ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

DNA; ESTROGEN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; PROGESTERONE; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR; PROLACTIN; STEROID RECEPTOR; THYMIDINE;

ALLOMETRY; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; BREAST EPITHELIUM; CELL LABELING; CELL SUBPOPULATION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA TEMPLATE; EPITHELIUM CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MAMMARY GLAND; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; STEM CELL; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; ANIMAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL DIVISION; CYTOLOGY; FEMALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; UDDER;

ANIMALS; CELL DIVISION; DNA; EPITHELIAL CELLS; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; FEMALE; MAMMARY GLANDS, ANIMAL; MICE; RECEPTORS, PROGESTERONE; TEMPLATES, GENETIC;

EID: 33748134717     PISSN: 1465542X     EISSN: 1465542X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/bcr1538     Document Type: Article

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