Mammary stem cells and cancer: Roles of Wnt signaling in plain view

Breast Cancer Research

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2010, Pages

  Many, Alexander M ^a   Brown, Anthony MC ^a  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; LBH PROTEIN, HUMAN; LBH PROTEIN, MOUSE; NUCLEAR PROTEIN; TRANSACTIVATOR PROTEIN; WNT PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BREAST CELL; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINEAGE; CELL RENEWAL; FLUORESCENCE ACTIVATED CELL SORTING; HUMAN; MAMMARY STEM CELL; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEM CELL; WNT SIGNALING PATHWAY; ANIMAL; BREAST TUMOR; CANCER STEM CELL; CELL LINE; EXPERIMENTAL NEOPLASM; FEMALE; METABOLISM; MOUSE;

ANIMALS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CELL LINE, TRANSFORMED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAMMARY NEOPLASMS, ANIMAL; MICE; NEOPLASTIC STEM CELLS; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; WNT PROTEINS; WNT SIGNALING PATHWAY;

EID: 84873554856     PISSN: 14655411     EISSN: 1465542X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/bcr2631     Document Type: Article

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