Regulation of flt-1 expression during mouse embryogenesis suggests a role in the establishment of vascular endothelium

Developmental Dynamics

Volumn 207, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 1-10

  Fong, Guo Hua ^a,d   Klingensmith, John ^a   Wood, Clive R ^c   Rossant, Janet ^a,b   Breitman, Martin L ^a,b  

^a MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c PFIZER INC   (United States)

^d LAWSON HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular development; flt 1 expression; lacZ staining

Indexed keywords

VASCULOTROPIN;

ANGIOGENESIS; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MESODERM; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; ORGANOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; YOLK SAC;

ANIMALS; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; FEMALE; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LAC OPERON; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS; RECEPTOR PROTEIN-TYROSINE KINASES; RECEPTORS, GROWTH FACTOR; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR-1;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0029780465     PISSN: 10588388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0177(199609)207:1<1::AID-AJA1>3.0.CO;2-M     Document Type: Article

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