SLIT/ROBO1 signaling suppresses mammary branching morphogenesis by limiting basal cell number

Developmental Cell

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 827-840

  Macias, Hector ^a   Moran, Angel ^a   Samara, Yazeed ^a   Moreno, Melissa ^a   Compton, Jennifer E ^a   Harburg, Gwyndolen ^a   Strickland, Phyllis ^a   Hinck, Lindsay ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA CATENIN; SLIT PROTEIN; SLIT2 PROTEIN; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1; WNT PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BASAL CELL; CELL COUNT; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL PROLIFERATION; EMBRYO; MORPHOGENESIS; MOUSE; MYOEPITHELIUM CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; UPREGULATION;

ANIMALS; BETA CATENIN; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CELL ADHESION; CELL MOVEMENT; CELL PROLIFERATION; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; FEMALE; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; INTERCELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; MAMMARY GLANDS, ANIMAL; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MICE, NUDE; MORPHOGENESIS; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; RECEPTORS, IMMUNOLOGIC; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1; WNT PROTEINS;

EID: 79958189228     PISSN: 15345807     EISSN: 18781551     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.devcel.2011.05.012     Document Type: Article

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