Common and distinct signals specify the distribution of blood and vascular cell lineages in Xenopus laevis embryos

Development Growth and Differentiation

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 395-407

  Iraha, Fumie ^a   Saito, Yoshinari ^a   Yoshida, Keiko ^a   Kawakami, Masatoki ^a   Izutsu, Yumi ^a   Daar, Ira Owen ^b   Maéno, Mitsugu ^a  

^a NIIGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Angiopoiesis; Bone morphogenetic protein (BMP) 4; Fibroblast growth factor; Hemopoiesis; Tie 2; Ventral blood island

Indexed keywords

ACTIVIN; ALPHA GLOBIN; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN 4; CELL MARKER; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; LITHIUM CHLORIDE; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE; ANGIOPOIETIN RECEPTOR; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; GLOBIN;

ANGIOGENESIS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINEAGE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CYTOPLASM; ECTODERM; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENZYME INDUCTION; FEMALE; MESODERM; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEM CELL; XENOPUS LAEVIS; ANIMAL; BLOOD VESSEL; CYTOLOGY; GENETICS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT;

ANIMALIA; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BLOOD CELLS; BLOOD VESSELS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINEAGE; EMBRYO; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTORS; GLOBINS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; RECEPTOR PROTEIN-TYROSINE KINASES; RECEPTOR, TIE-2; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 0036415139     PISSN: 00121592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-169X.2002.00653.x     Document Type: Article

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