Prox1 is a master control gene in the program specifying lymphatic endothelial cell fate

Developmental Dynamics

Volumn 225, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 351-357

  Hong, Young Kwon ^a   Harvey, Natasha ^b   Noh, Yun Hee ^a   Schacht, Vivien ^a   Hirakawa, Satoshi ^a   Detmar, Michael ^a,c   Oliver, Guillermo ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b ST JUDE CHILDREN S RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell fate; Endothelial cell; Lymphatic vasculature; LYVE 1; Prox1

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT; INTERCELLULAR ADHESION MOLECULE 1; LAMININ; NEUROPILIN 1; PODOPLANIN; PROTEIN; PROTEIN PROX1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VASCULOTROPIN; VASCULOTROPIN C; VASCULOTROPIN RECEPTOR 3; GLYCOPROTEIN; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; PROSPERO RELATED HOMEOBOX 1 PROTEIN; PROSPERO-RELATED HOMEOBOX 1 PROTEIN; XLKD1 PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ANGIOGENESIS; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CELL IMMORTALIZATION; DNA TRANSFECTION; DOWN REGULATION; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; EVOLUTION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE TRANSFER; HOMEOBOX; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LYMPHATIC SYSTEM; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VALIDATION PROCESS; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; WESTERN BLOTTING; CELL CULTURE; CYTOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; GENETICS; MICROCIRCULATION; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT;

ANIMALIA;

CELLS, CULTURED; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GLYCOPROTEINS; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC SYSTEM; MICROCIRCULATION; PHENOTYPE; TRANSFECTION;

EID: 0036840138     PISSN: 10588388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dvdy.10163     Document Type: Article

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