Vascular endothelial growth factor

International Journal of Biochemistry and Cell Biology

Volumn 30, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 1169-1174

  Zachary, Ian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Angiogenesis; Endothelium; Flk 1; Receptor tyrosine kinase; Signal transduction

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE; VASCULOTROPIN; VASOACTIVE AGENT;

ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; ANGIOGENESIS; BLOOD VESSEL TONE; CANCER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; HYPOXIA; MITOGENESIS; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN INDUCTION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; SHORT SURVEY; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TUMOR VASCULARIZATION;

EID: 0032212959     PISSN: 13572725     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1357-2725(98)00082-X     Document Type: Article

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