Identification of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) receptor-2 (Flk-1) promoter/enhancer sequences sufficient for angioblast and endothelial cell-specific transcription in transgenic mice

Blood

Volumn 93, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 4284-4292

  Kappel, Andreas ^b   Rönicke, Volker ^b   Damert, Annette ^b   Flamme, Ingo ^b   Risau, Werner ^b   Breier, Georg ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HEART AND LUNG RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VASCULOTROPIN RECEPTOR;

ANGIOGENESIS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DNA FLANKING REGION; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REPORTER GENE; STEM CELL; TRANSGENE; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

EID: 0344436031     PISSN: 00064971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1182/blood.v93.12.4284     Document Type: Article

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