An SCL 3' enhancer targets developing endothelium together with embryonic and adult haematopoietic progenitors

Development

Volumn 126, Issue 17, 1999, Pages 3891-3904

  Sanchez M J ^a   Gottgens B ^a   Sinclair, A M ^a   Stanley, M ^a   Begley, C G ^b   Hunter, S ^a   Green, A R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Endothelium; Haematopoiesis; Mouse; SCL; Vasculogenesis

Indexed keywords

ANGIOGENESIS; ARTICLE; COLONY FORMING UNIT S; ENDOTHELIUM; ENHANCER REGION; HEMATOPOIESIS; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL; MESODERM; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; ONTOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSGENE;

ANIMALS; BASIC HELIX-LOOP-HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; COLONY-FORMING UNITS ASSAY; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; ENHANCER ELEMENTS (GENETICS); FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HELIX-LOOP-HELIX MOTIFS; HEMATOPOIESIS; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELLS; LAC OPERON; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, INBRED CBA; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MICE, TRANSGENIC; PREGNANCY; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; YOLK SAC;

EID: 0032846681     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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