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ABSTRACT:
ORGANISM(S): Mus musculus
SUBMITTER: Susan Waltz
PROVIDER: E-GEOD-16629 | biostudies-arrayexpress |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress
Meyer Sara E SE Zinser Glendon M GM Stuart William D WD Pathrose Peterson P Waltz Susan E SE
Developmental biology 20090701 1
The Ron receptor tyrosine kinase is expressed in normal breast tissue and is overexpressed in approximately 50% of human breast cancers. Despite the recent studies on Ron in breast cancer, nothing is known about the importance of this protein during breast development. To investigate the functional significance of Ron in the normal mammary gland, we compared mammary gland development in wild-type mice to mice containing a targeted ablation of the tyrosine kinase (TK) signaling domain of Ron (TK- ...[more]