Expression of the avian VEGF receptor homologues Quek1 and Quek2 in blood-vascular and lymphatic endothelial and non-endothelial cells during quail embryonic development

Cell and Tissue Research

Volumn 288, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 207-223

  Wilting, Jörg ^a   Eichmann, Anne ^b   Christ, Bodo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Angiogenesis; Blood vessels; Development; Endothelial cells; Lymphatic vessels; Quail embryo; VEGFR 2; VEGFR 3

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ACTIN; VASCULOTROPIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LYMPH VESSEL ENDOTHELIUM; MESODERM; NONHUMAN; NOTOCHORD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUAIL; SOMITE; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM;

ANIMALIA; AVES; PHASIANIDAE;

EID: 0030902650     PISSN: 0302766X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004410050807     Document Type: Article

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