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Preferred Name

myoepithelial cell of mammary gland
Synonyms

basal cell of lactiferous duct

myoepithelial cell of lactiferous gland
Definitions

A myoepithelial cell that surrounds milk-secreting luminal epithelial cells. This cell type contracts under the stimulation of oxytocin and is attached to the basement membrane by hemidesmosomes and to the adjacent luminal cells by desmosomes. This cell type expresses high level of keratin-14 and is estrogen receptor alpha negative.
ID

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/CL_0002324
contributor

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1980-3228
creation_date

2010-09-20T11:42:14Z
database_cross_reference

CALOHA:TS-2378

FMA:67800
has exact synonym

basal cell of lactiferous duct

myoepithelial cell of lactiferous gland
in_subset

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/cl#cellxgene_subset
label

myoepithelial cell of mammary gland
prefixIRI

CL:0002324
prefLabel

myoepithelial cell of mammary gland
textual definition

A myoepithelial cell that surrounds milk-secreting luminal epithelial cells. This cell type contracts under the stimulation of oxytocin and is attached to the basement membrane by hemidesmosomes and to the adjacent luminal cells by desmosomes. This cell type expresses high level of keratin-14 and is estrogen receptor alpha negative.
subClassOf

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/CL_0000185

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/CL_0002327
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