Polycomb group gene Ezh2 regulates mammary gland morphogenesis and maintains the luminal progenitor pool

Stem Cells

Volumn 31, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1910-1920

  Michalak, Ewa Malgorzata ^a   Nacerddine, Karim ^a   Pietersen, Alexandra ^a   Beuger, Vincent ^b   Pawlitzky, Inka ^a   Cornelissen Steijger, Paulien ^a   Wientjens, Ellen ^a   Tanger, Ellen ^a   Seibler, Jost ^b   Van Lohuizen, Maarten ^a   Jonkers, Jos ^a  

^a NETHERLANDS CANCER INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^b TaconicArtemis GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Differentiation; EZH2; Luminal cell; Mammary stem cells; Polycomb

Indexed keywords

DOXYCYCLINE; SHORT HAIRPIN RNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR EZH2;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BREAST EPITHELIUM; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FATE; DNA MODIFICATION; EZH2 GENE; FEMALE; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; MAMMARY GLAND; MORPHOGENESIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PUBERTY;

DIFFERENTIATION; EZH2; LUMINAL CELL; MAMMARY STEM CELLS; POLYCOMB;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; GENE KNOCKDOWN TECHNIQUES; MAMMARY GLANDS, ANIMAL; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MORPHOGENESIS; POLYCOMB REPRESSIVE COMPLEX 2; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RNA INTERFERENCE; STEM CELLS;

EID: 84885160175     PISSN: 10665099     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/stem.1437     Document Type: Article

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