Wnt proteins in mammary development and cancer

Journal of Mammary Gland Biology and Neoplasia

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 119-131

  Brennan, Keith R ^a   Brown, Anthony M C ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^c ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

catenin; Cancer; Development; Mammary gland; Wnt

Indexed keywords

BETA CATENIN; WNT PROTEIN;

BREAST CANCER; BREAST CARCINOGENESIS; BREAST CARCINOMA; BREAST DEVELOPMENT; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER RISK; CELL FATE; CELL RENEWAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PREGNANCY; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN SECRETION; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEM CELL; TRANSGENE;

BREAST; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MOVEMENT; CELL POLARITY; INTERCELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; MAMMARY GLANDS, ANIMAL; MAMMARY NEOPLASMS, ANIMAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEM CELLS; WNT PROTEINS; WNT1 PROTEIN;

EID: 4444368563     PISSN: 10833021     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:JOMG.0000037157.94207.33     Document Type: Review

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