Vezf1: A Zn finger transcription factor restricted to endothelial cells and their precursors

Developmental Biology

Volumn 206, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 123-141

  Xiong, Jing Wei ^a   Leahy, Amy ^a   Lee, Hsiu Hsiang ^a   Stuhlmann, Heidi ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Angioblasts; Blood islands; Endothelial cells; Gene trap; Mouse embryogenesis; Vasculogenesis; Vezf1

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; DNA; RNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN;

ANGIOGENESIS; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; GENE EXPRESSION; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MESODERM; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; YOLK SAC;

EID: 0033558060     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/dbio.1998.9144     Document Type: Article

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