A vascular gene trap screen defines RasGRP3 as an angiogenesis-regulated gene required for the endothelial response to phorbol esters

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 24, Issue 24, 2004, Pages 10515-10528

  Roberts, David M ^a   Anderson, Amanda L ^b   Hidaka, Michihiro ^c   Swetenburg, Raymond L ^b   Patterson, Cam ^a   Stanford, William L ^d   Bautch, Victoria L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NATIONAL HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION KUMAMOTO MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIACYLGLYCEROL; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE EXCHANGE FACTOR; PHORBOID RECEPTOR; PHORBOL 13 ACETATE 12 MYRISTATE; PHORBOL ESTER; PROTEIN KINASE C; RAS GUANINE RELEASING PROTEIN 3; RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VASCULOTROPIN;

ABERRANT MORPHOGENESIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULTHOOD; ANGIOGENESIS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL; CARCINOGENESIS; DEVELOPMENT; DIABETES MELLITUS; EMBRYO; EMBRYO CELL; EMBRYONAL TISSUE; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; ENDOTHELIUM; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; ENZYME ACTIVATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE MUTATION; GENE TRAP SCREEN; GENETIC SCREENING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN UMBILICAL VEIN ENDOTHELIUM CELL; MORPHOGENESIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SECOND MESSENGER; STEM CELL; VASCULAR DISEASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CELL LINE; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; DIACYLGLYCEROL KINASE; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENETIC VECTORS; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE EXCHANGE FACTORS; HUMANS; MICE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PHYSIOLOGIC; PHORBOL ESTERS; PREGNANCY; PROTEIN KINASE C; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEM CELLS; TETRADECANOYLPHORBOL ACETATE; UMBILICAL VEINS; UP-REGULATION; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR A;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 10044256619     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.24.24.10515-10528.2004     Document Type: Article

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