Gastrulation and Angiogenesis, Not Endothelial Specification, Is Sensitive to Partial Deficiency in Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor-A in Mice

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 69, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1852-1858

  Duan, Li Juan ^a   Nagy, Andras ^b   Fong, Guo Hua ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

^b MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Developmental biology; Early development; Embryo; Growth factors; Kinases

Indexed keywords

GROWTH FACTOR; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VASCULOTROPIN; VASCULOTROPIN A;

ANGIOGENESIS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL SPECIFICITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; DOSE RESPONSE; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; GASTRULATION; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; MALE; MESENCHYME CELL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEM CELL; VASCULAR DISEASE; YOLK SAC;

ANIMALS; BLOOD VESSELS; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX PROTEINS; FEMALE; GASTRULA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; MALE; MESODERM; MICE; MICE, MUTANT STRAINS; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PHYSIOLOGIC; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR A; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR-2; YOLK SAC;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0345601203     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.103.019612     Document Type: Article

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