Deletion of the Nuclear Localization Sequences and C-Terminus of PTHrP Impairs Embryonic Mammary Development but also Inhibits PTHrP Production
Boras-Granic K, Dann P, VanHouten J, Karaplis A, Wysolmerski J. Deletion of the Nuclear Localization Sequences and C-Terminus of PTHrP Impairs Embryonic Mammary Development but also Inhibits PTHrP Production. PLOS ONE 2014, 9: e90418. PMID: 24785493, PMCID: PMC4006745, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0090418.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMammary gland developmentType 1 PTH/PTHrP receptorC-terminusEmbryonic mammary gland developmentPTH/PTHrP receptorGland developmentPTHrP mRNA levelsNuclear localization signalNuclear localization sequenceHormone-related proteinEmbryonic mammary developmentMammary epithelial cellsLocalization signalNuclear functionsPTHrP productionPTHrP receptorAlternative animal modelLocalization sequencePTHR1 geneAnimal modelsEndocrine fashionMutant formsPTHrPDevelopmental defectsMesenchyme differentiation