Evidence that embryonic kidney cells expressing flk-1 are intrinsic, vasculogenic angioblasts

American Journal of Physiology

Volumn 271, Issue 3 PART 2, 1996, Pages

  Robert, Bakry ^a,b   St John, Patricia L ^a   Hyink, Deborah P ^a   Abrahamson, Dale R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Angiogenesis; Glomerular development; Vascular endothelial growth factor

Indexed keywords

VASCULOTROPIN;

ANGIOGENESIS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY LABELING; ARTICLE; EMBRYO; ENDOTHELIUM; GENE EXPRESSION; GLOMERULUS; KIDNEY CELL; KIDNEY CORTEX; KIDNEY DEVELOPMENT; MESENCHYME; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; ANTERIOR CHAMBER; EMBRYO; FETAL TISSUE TRANSPLANTATION; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; KIDNEY; KIDNEY CORTEX; LECTINS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, TRANSGENIC; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PHYSIOLOGIC; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; PLANT LECTINS; RECEPTOR PROTEIN-TYROSINE KINASES; RECEPTORS, GROWTH FACTOR; RECEPTORS, VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR;

EID: 0029794096     PISSN: 00029513     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajprenal.1996.271.3.f744     Document Type: Article

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