Article
Control of mammary epithelial differentiation: basement membrane induces tissue-specific gene expression in the absence of cell-cell interaction and morphological polarity.
The Journal of cell biology - 1 Dec 1991
Streuli C H, Bailey N, Bissell M J
Abstract excerpt
Functional differentiation in mammary epithelia requires specific hormones and local environmental signals. The latter are provided both by extracellular matrix and by communication with adjacent cells, their action being intricately connected in what appears to be a cascade of events leading to...
Topics
- Animals
- Basement Membrane
- Cell Communication
- Cell Differentiation
- Cells, Cultured
- Epithelial Cells
- Female
- Gene Expression
- Mammary Glands, Animal
- Mice
- Milk Proteins
- Organ Specificity
- Phenotype
- Pregnancy