Increased hemangioblast commitment, not vascular disorganization, is the primary defect in flt-1 knock-out mice

Development

Volumn 126, Issue 13, 1999, Pages 3015-3025

  Fong, Guo Hua ^a   Zhang, Liyong ^a   Bryce, Dawn Marie ^a   Peng, Jun ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Flt 1; Gene targeting; Hemangioblast; Vasculogenesis; VEGF

Indexed keywords

MITOMYCIN C; VASCULOTROPIN;

ANGIOGENESIS; ANIMAL CELL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CELL DENSITY; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FATE; CELL MATURATION; CELL MIGRATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHIMERA; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; ERYTHROCYTE; GENE FUNCTION; GENE INACTIVATION; GENE TARGETING; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; MESENCHYME CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIMITIVE STREAK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEM CELL;

ANIMALS; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CELL COUNT; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL DIVISION; CHIMERA; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MESODERM; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS; RECEPTOR PROTEIN-TYROSINE KINASES; STEM CELLS; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR-1; YOLK SAC;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0032764427     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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