Characterization of a soluble vascular endothelial growth factor receptor-immunoglobulin chimera

Growth Factors

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 243-256

  Kaplan, Jeffrey B ^a   Sridharan, Latha ^a   Zaccardi, Joseph A ^a   Dougher Vermazen, Maureen ^a   Terman, Bruce I ^a  

^a PFIZER INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Deletion analysis; Fc domain; Heparin; VEGF

Indexed keywords

CHIMERIC PROTEIN; GLYCOPROTEIN; GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; HEPARIN; HYBRID PROTEIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; PROTAMINE; PROTEOHEPARAN SULFATE; RECEPTOR SUBTYPE; VASCULOTROPIN;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; AORTA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELETION MUTANT; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; KIDNEY CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; RECEPTOR BINDING; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM;

EID: 0030787172     PISSN: 08977194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/08977199709021523     Document Type: Article

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