Defective vascularization of HIF-1α-null embryos is not associated with VEGF deficiency but with mesenchymal cell death

Developmental Biology

Volumn 209, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 254-267

  Kotch, Lori E ^a   Iyer, Narayan V ^a   Laughner, Erik ^a   Semenza, Gregg L ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; MESSENGER RNA; OXYGEN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; VASCULOTROPIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DEATH; CONGENITAL BLOOD VESSEL MALFORMATION; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GLUCOSE HOMEOSTASIS; HYPOXIA; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; LETHALITY; MESENCHYME; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VASCULARIZATION;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0033562569     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/dbio.1999.9253     Document Type: Article

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