Temporal and spatial regulation of VEGF-A controls vascular patterning in the embryonic lung

Developmental Biology

Volumn 264, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 443-455

  Akeson, Ann L ^a   Greenberg, James M ^b   Cameron, James E ^b   Thompson, Felisa Y ^b   Brooks, Sherry K ^b   Wiginton, Diane ^b   Whitsett, Jeffrey A ^b  

^a CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Lung morphogenesis; Patterning; Vasculogenesis; VEGF

Indexed keywords

UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VASCULOTROPIN; VASCULOTROPIN A;

ANGIOGENESIS; ANIMAL CELL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CAPILLARY; CELL DISRUPTION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; EPITHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; LUNG BLOOD VESSEL; LUNG DEVELOPMENT; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RESPIRATORY EPITHELIUM; SPATIAL AUTOCORRELATION ANALYSIS;

EID: 0344494813     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2003.09.004     Document Type: Article

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