Asymmetric expression of connexins between luminal epithelial- and myoepithelial- cells is essential for contractile function of the mammary gland

Developmental Biology

Volumn 399, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 15-26

  Mroue, Rana ^c   Inman, Jamie ^a   Mott, Joni ^a   Budunova, Irina ^b   Bissell, Mina J ^a  

^a LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Connexin; Contraction; Gap junctions; Lactation; Mammary gland; Myoepithelial

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 26; CONNEXIN 43; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN; OXYTOCIN RECEPTOR; OXYTOCIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELLS BY BODY ANATOMY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPITHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; GAP JUNCTION; MALE; MAMMARY GLAND FUNCTION; MOUSE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MYOEPITHELIUM CELL; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN TARGETING; WILD TYPE; ANIMAL; CELL CULTURE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECTS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; LACTATION; METABOLISM; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUE; PHYSIOLOGY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA INTERFERENCE; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; UDDER; VIDEORECORDING; WESTERN BLOTTING;

MAMMALIA; MURINAE; MUS; MUS MUSCULUS;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELLS, CULTURED; CONNEXIN 43; CONNEXINS; EPITHELIAL CELLS; FEMALE; GAP JUNCTIONS; GENE EXPRESSION; LACTATION; MALE; MAMMARY GLANDS, ANIMAL; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; OXYTOCIN; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA INTERFERENCE; VIDEOTAPE RECORDING;

EID: 84923997999     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: 1095564X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2014.11.026     Document Type: Article

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