Vascular endothelial growth factor A (VEGF-A) is involved in guidance of VEGF receptor-positive cells to the anterior portion of early embryos

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 355-363

  Hiratsuka, Sachie ^a,b   Kataoka, Yuki ^a   Nakao, Kazuki ^d   Nakamura, Kenji ^c   Morikawa, Shunichi ^b   Tanaka, Satoshi ^a   Katsuki, Motoya ^e   Maru, Yoshiro ^b   Shibuya, Masabumi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b TOKYO WOMEN'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c MITSUBISHI KAGAKU INSTITUTE OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Japan)

^d RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research   (Japan)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR BASIC BIOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIGAND; VASCULOTROPIN A; VASCULOTROPIN RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL MIGRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALS; CELL MOVEMENT; CELL TRANSPLANTATION; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; EXONS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIGANDS; LUNG; MICE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RECEPTORS, VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TIME FACTORS; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR A; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR-1; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR-2;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 11144318701     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.25.1.355-363.2005     Document Type: Article

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