Placenta growth factor and vascular endothelial growth factor are co-expressed during early embryonic development

Growth Factors

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 69-80

  Achen, Marc G ^a   Gad, Jacqueline M ^a   Stacker, Steven A ^a   Wilks, Andrew F ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Angiogenesis; Deciduum; PIGF; Trophoblastic giant cell; VEGF

Indexed keywords

GROWTH FACTOR; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; VASCULOTROPIN;

ANGIOGENESIS; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; DECIDUA; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE EXPRESSION; GIANT CELL; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PLACENTA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TROPHOBLAST; VASCULARIZATION; YOLK SAC;

EID: 0030697149     PISSN: 08977194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/08977199709002113     Document Type: Article

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