Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) activates Raf-1, mitogen- activated protein (MAP) kinases, and S6 kinase (p90(rsk) in cultured rat cardiac myocytes

Journal of Cellular Physiology

Volumn 175, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 239-246

  Seko, Yoshinori ^a,b,c   Takahashi, Naoyuki ^a   Tobe, Kazuyuki ^a   Ueki, Kohjiro ^a   Kadowaki, Takashi ^a   Yazaki, Yoshio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b INSTITUTE FOR ADULT DISEASES   (Japan)

^c JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; RAF PROTEIN; VASCULOTROPIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; ENZYME ACTIVATION; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STRESS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0031970848     PISSN: 00219541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4652(199806)175:3<239::AID-JCP1>3.0.CO;2-P     Document Type: Article

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