Highway to heaven: Mammary gland development and differentiation

Breast Cancer Research

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2008, Pages

  Melchor, Lorenzo ^a   Smalley, Matthew J ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BMI1 PROTEIN, MOUSE; NOTCH RECEPTOR; NUCLEAR PROTEIN; ONCOPROTEIN; REPRESSOR PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BREAST; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CYTOLOGY; EPITHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; MORPHOGENESIS; MOUSE; MOUSE MUTANT; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEM CELL; UDDER;

ANIMALS; BREAST; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; EPITHELIAL CELLS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAMMARY GLANDS, ANIMAL; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MORPHOGENESIS; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PREGNANCY; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS; RECEPTORS, NOTCH; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEM CELLS;

EID: 59449086956     PISSN: 14655411     EISSN: 1465542X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/bcr2147     Document Type: Article

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