Insights into early vasculogenesis revealed by expression of the ETS-domain transcription factor Fli-1 in wild-type and mutant zebrafish embryos

Mechanisms of Development

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 237-252

  Brown, Louise A ^a   Rodaway, Adam R F ^b   Schilling, Thomas F ^c   Jowett, Trevor ^a   Ingham, Philip W ^c   Patient, Roger K ^b   Sharrocks, Andrew D ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c IMPERIAL CANCER RESEARCH FUND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Blood; Endothelium; Erythroleukaemia; GATA; Haematopoiesis; Transcription factor; Zebrafish

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; SONIC HEDGEHOG PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FLI 1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GATA 2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANGIOGENESIS; ANIMAL TISSUE; AORTA; BLOOD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA BINDING; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENDOTHELIUM; EVOLUTION; GENE EXPRESSION; HEMATOPOIESIS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MESODERM; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; NOTOCHORD; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; REVIEW; ZEBRA FISH;

EID: 0033986542     PISSN: 09254773     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-4773(99)00256-7     Document Type: Article

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