Visceral endoderm function is regulated by quaking and required for vascular development

Genesis (United States)

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 93-104

  Bohnsack, Brenda L ^a,b   Lai, Lihua ^a,b   Northrop, Jennifer L ^a   Justice, Monica J ^a   Hirschi, Karen K ^a,b  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CENTER FOR CELL AND GENE THERAPY   (United States)

Author keywords

Quaking; Retinoic acid; Vascular development; Visceral endoderm

Indexed keywords

ETHYLNITROSOUREA; RETINOIC ACID;

ALLELE; ANGIOGENESIS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENDODERM; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FEMALE; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE REPRESSION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; NONHUMAN; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; QKI 5 GENE; QKI 6 GENE; QKI 7 GENE; QUAKING GENE; RNA BINDING; RNA SPLICING; SYNTHESIS; WILD TYPE; YOLK SAC;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 33645241318     PISSN: 1526954X     EISSN: 1526968X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gene.20189     Document Type: Article

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