The epigenetic landscape of mammary gland development and functional differentiation

Journal of Mammary Gland Biology and Neoplasia

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 85-100

  Rijnkels, Monique ^a   Kabotyanski, Elena ^a   Montazer Torbati, Mohamad B ^b   Beauvais, C Hue ^c   Vassetzky, Yegor ^d   Rosen, Jeffrey M ^a   Devinoy, Eve ^c  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRJAND   (Iran)

^c INRA Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique   (France)

^d INSTITUT GUSTAVE ROUSSY   (France)

Author keywords

Chromatin; Development; Epigenetic; Mammary gland; Milk protein genes

Indexed keywords

BETA CASEIN; CCAAT ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN BETA; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE I; GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; HISTONE H3; HISTONE H4; MILK PROTEIN; PROTEIN SWI; STAT5 PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR RUNX2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SNAIL; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SNF; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR YY1; UNTRANSLATED RNA;

BREAST DEVELOPMENT; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHROMATIN ASSEMBLY AND DISASSEMBLY; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; DIFFERENTIATION; DNA METHYLATION; EPIGENETICS; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN PROCESSING; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEM CELL;

ANIMALS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHROMATIN; CHROMATIN ASSEMBLY AND DISASSEMBLY; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, NEOPLASTIC; HISTONES; HUMANS; MAMMARY GLANDS, ANIMAL; MAMMARY GLANDS, HUMAN; RNA, UNTRANSLATED; STEM CELLS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 77149166638     PISSN: 10833021     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10911-010-9170-4     Document Type: Review

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