CTNNB1 in mesenchyme regulates epithelial cell differentiation during müllerian duct and postnatal uterine development

Molecular Endocrinology

Volumn 27, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1442-1454

  Allison Stewart, C ^a   Wang, Ying ^a   Bonilla Claudio, Margarita ^a,b   Martin, James F ^b,c,d   Gonzalez, Gabriel ^a   Taketo, Makoto M ^e,f   Behringer, Richard R ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b TEXAS HEART INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^e TEXAS A AND M HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^f KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA CATENIN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPITHELIAL MESENCHYMAL TRANSITION; EPITHELIUM CELL; EXON; FEMALE; GENE TARGETING; MESENCHYME; MOUSE; MUELLERIAN DUCT; NONHUMAN; OVIDUCT; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BETA CATENIN; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; ENDOMETRIAL NEOPLASMS; ENDOMETRIUM; EPITHELIAL CELLS; EPITHELIAL-MESENCHYMAL TRANSITION; EPITHELIUM; FEMALE; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; MESODERM; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, MUTANT STRAINS; MULLERIAN DUCTS; MYOMETRIUM; PROTEIN STABILITY; SARCOMA; STROMAL CELLS; UTERUS;

EID: 84883241903     PISSN: 08888809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/me.2012-1126     Document Type: Article

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