On the shoulders of giants: A historical perspective of unique experimental methods in mammary gland research

Seminars in Cell and Developmental Biology

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 583-590

  Smith, Brittni A ^a   Welm, Alana L ^a   Welm, Bryan E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Culturing; Development; Mammary gland; Stem cell; Transplantation

Indexed keywords

RETROVIRUS VECTOR;

BRANCHING MORPHOGENESIS; CELL CULTURE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL GROWTH; CELL INTERACTION; CELL STRUCTURE; EPITHELIAL MESENCHYMAL TRANSITION; EPITHELIUM CELL; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENETIC ENGINEERING; HORMONE RESPONSE; MAMMARY GLAND; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; STEM CELL; STEM CELL RESEARCH; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; STROMA CELL; TISSUE REGENERATION;

EID: 84863875202     PISSN: 10849521     EISSN: 10963634     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.semcdb.2012.03.005     Document Type: Review

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