Induction of cells expressing vascular endothelium markers from undifferentiated Xenopus presumptive ectoderm by co-treatment with activin and angiopoietin-2

Zoological Science

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 755-761

  Nagamine, Kentaro ^a,c,e   Furue, Miho ^b   Fukui, Akimasa ^c   Asashima, Makoto ^c,d  

^a EIKEN CHEMICAL CO LTD   (Japan)

^b KANAGAWA DENTAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^d International Cooperative Research Program (ICORP)   (Japan)

^e HIROSHIMA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Activin; Angiopoietin; Animal cap; Microarray; Vascular development; Vascular endothelium; Xenopus

Indexed keywords

ACTIVIN; ANGIOPOIETIN 2; ANGIOPOIETIN RECEPTOR; DNA; G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR; XANGIO1 PROTEIN, XENOPUS; XENOPUS PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECT; ECTODERM; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; XENOPUS;

ACTIVINS; ANGIOPOIETIN-2; ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DNA; ECTODERM; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; RECEPTOR, TIE-2; RECEPTORS, G-PROTEIN-COUPLED; XENOPUS; XENOPUS PROTEINS;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 24044433967     PISSN: 02890003     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2108/zsj.22.755     Document Type: Article

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