Up-regulation of vascular endothelial growth factor receptor Flt-1 after endothelial denudation: Role of transcription factor Egr-1

Blood

Volumn 95, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 3387-3395

  Vidal, Felipe ^a   Aragonés, Julián ^a   Alfranca, Arántzazu ^a   De Landázuri, Manuel O ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DE LA PRINCESA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TYROSINE KINASE RECEPTOR; VASCULOTROPIN RECEPTOR;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR UPREGULATION;

EID: 0034210253     PISSN: 00064971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1182/blood.v95.11.3387     Document Type: Article

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