The Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor (VEGF) Receptor Flt-1 (VEGFR-1) Modulates Flk-1 (VEGFR-2) Signaling during Blood Vessel Formation

American Journal of Pathology

Volumn 164, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1531-1535

  Roberts, David M ^a   Kearney, Joseph B ^a   Johnson, Jennifer H ^c   Rosenberg, Michael P ^c   Kumar, Rakesh ^c   Bautch, Victoria L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

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

^c GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SEMAXANIB; VASCULOTROPIN RECEPTOR; VASCULOTROPIN RECEPTOR 1; VASCULOTROPIN RECEPTOR 2;

ANGIOGENESIS; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; MITOGENESIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 1942437424     PISSN: 00029440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9440(10)63711-X     Document Type: Article

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