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Science 12 September 1969:
Vol. 165. no. 3898, pp. 1127 - 1128
DOI: 10.1126/science.165.3898.1127
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Mammary Alveolar Epithelial Cells: Effect of Hydrocortisone on Ultrastructure

Elinor S. Mills 1 and Yale J. Topper 1

1 National Institute of Arthritis and Metabolic Diseases, Bethesda, Maryland 20015

Hydrocortisone is necessary for the formation of rough endoplasmic reticulum in mammary alveolar epithelial cells. This membrane system is required for the synthesis of the milk protein, casein, but it is not required for the synthesis of a nonmilk protein fraction.


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