BIOLOGY OF THE
MAMMARY GLAND
,ADVANCES IN EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY
Editorial Board:
NATHAN BACK, State University of New York at Buffalo
IRUN R. COHEN, The Weizmann Institute of Science
DAVID KRITCHEVSKY, Wistar Institute
ABEL LAJTHA, N. S. Kline Institute for Psychiatric Research
RODOLFO PAOLETTI, University of Milan
Recent Volumes in this Series
Volume 474
HYPOXIA: Into the Next Millennium
Edited by Robert C. Roach, Peter D. Wagner, and Peter H. Hackett
Volume 475
OXYGEN SENSING: Molecule to Man
Edited by Sukhamay Lahiri, Nanduri R. Prabhakar, and Robert E. Forster, II
Volume 476
ANGIOGENESIS: From the Molecular to Integrative Pharmacology
Edited by Michael E. Maragoudakis
Volume 477
CELLULAR PEPTIDASES IN IMMUNE FUNCTIONS AND DISEASES 2
Edited by Jürgen Langner and Siegfried Ansorge
Volume 478
SHORT AND LONG TERM EFFECTS OF BREAST FEEDING ON CHILD
HEALTH
Edited by Berthold Koletzko, Olle Hernell, and Kim Fleischer Michaelsen
Volume 479
THE BIOLOGY AND PATHOLOGY OF INNATE IMMUNITY MECHANISMS
Edited by Yona Keisari and Itzhak Ofek
Volume 480
BIOLOGY OF THE MAMMARY GLAND
Edited by Jan A. Mol and Roger A. Clegg
Volume 481
ELASTIC FILAMENTS OF THE CELL
Edited by Henk L. Granzier and Gerald H. Pollack
Volume 482
CHROMOGRANINS: Functional and Clinical Aspects
Edited by Karen B. Helle and Dominique Aunis
Volume 483
TAURINE 4: Taurine and Excitable Tissues
Edited by Laura Della Corte, Ryan H. Huxtable, Giampetro Sgaragli,
and Keith F. Tipton
Volume 484
PHYLOGENETIC PERSPECTIVES ON THE VERTEBRATE IMMUNE SYSTEM
Edited by Gregory Beck, Manickam Sugumaran, and Edwin L. Cooper
A Continuation Order Plan is available for this series. A continuation order will bring delivery of each new
volume immediately upon publication. Volumes are billed only upon actual shipment. For further information
please contact the publisher.
,BIOLOGY OF THE
MAMMARY GLAND
Edited by
Jan A. Mol
Utrecht University
Utrecht, The Netherlands
and
Roger A. Clegg
Hannah Research Institute
Ayr, Scotland, United Kingdom
KLUWER ACADEMIC PUBLISHERS
New York, Boston, Dordrecht, London, Moscow
, eBook ISBN: 0-306-46832-8
Print ISBN: 0-306-46414-4
©2002 Kluwer Academic Publishers
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MAMMARY GLAND
,ADVANCES IN EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY
Editorial Board:
NATHAN BACK, State University of New York at Buffalo
IRUN R. COHEN, The Weizmann Institute of Science
DAVID KRITCHEVSKY, Wistar Institute
ABEL LAJTHA, N. S. Kline Institute for Psychiatric Research
RODOLFO PAOLETTI, University of Milan
Recent Volumes in this Series
Volume 474
HYPOXIA: Into the Next Millennium
Edited by Robert C. Roach, Peter D. Wagner, and Peter H. Hackett
Volume 475
OXYGEN SENSING: Molecule to Man
Edited by Sukhamay Lahiri, Nanduri R. Prabhakar, and Robert E. Forster, II
Volume 476
ANGIOGENESIS: From the Molecular to Integrative Pharmacology
Edited by Michael E. Maragoudakis
Volume 477
CELLULAR PEPTIDASES IN IMMUNE FUNCTIONS AND DISEASES 2
Edited by Jürgen Langner and Siegfried Ansorge
Volume 478
SHORT AND LONG TERM EFFECTS OF BREAST FEEDING ON CHILD
HEALTH
Edited by Berthold Koletzko, Olle Hernell, and Kim Fleischer Michaelsen
Volume 479
THE BIOLOGY AND PATHOLOGY OF INNATE IMMUNITY MECHANISMS
Edited by Yona Keisari and Itzhak Ofek
Volume 480
BIOLOGY OF THE MAMMARY GLAND
Edited by Jan A. Mol and Roger A. Clegg
Volume 481
ELASTIC FILAMENTS OF THE CELL
Edited by Henk L. Granzier and Gerald H. Pollack
Volume 482
CHROMOGRANINS: Functional and Clinical Aspects
Edited by Karen B. Helle and Dominique Aunis
Volume 483
TAURINE 4: Taurine and Excitable Tissues
Edited by Laura Della Corte, Ryan H. Huxtable, Giampetro Sgaragli,
and Keith F. Tipton
Volume 484
PHYLOGENETIC PERSPECTIVES ON THE VERTEBRATE IMMUNE SYSTEM
Edited by Gregory Beck, Manickam Sugumaran, and Edwin L. Cooper
A Continuation Order Plan is available for this series. A continuation order will bring delivery of each new
volume immediately upon publication. Volumes are billed only upon actual shipment. For further information
please contact the publisher.
,BIOLOGY OF THE
MAMMARY GLAND
Edited by
Jan A. Mol
Utrecht University
Utrecht, The Netherlands
and
Roger A. Clegg
Hannah Research Institute
Ayr, Scotland, United Kingdom
KLUWER ACADEMIC PUBLISHERS
New York, Boston, Dordrecht, London, Moscow
, eBook ISBN: 0-306-46832-8
Print ISBN: 0-306-46414-4
©2002 Kluwer Academic Publishers
New York, Boston, Dordrecht, London, Moscow
All rights reserved
No part of this eBook may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic,
mechanical, recording, or otherwise, without written consent from the Publisher
Created in the United States of America
Visit Kluwer Online at: http://www.kluweronline.com
and Kluwer's eBookstore at: http://www.ebooks.kluweronline.com