Development of the Zebrafish Lymphatic System Requires Vegfc Signaling

Current Biology

Volumn 16, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1244-1248

  Küchler, Axel M ^a   Gjini, Evisa ^b   Peterson Maduro, Josi ^b   Cancilla, Belinda ^a   Wolburg, Hartwig ^c   Schulte Merker, Stefan ^a,b  

^a EXELIXIS INC   (United States)

^b HUBRECHT INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^c Institut für Pathologie   (Germany)

Author keywords

DEVBIO; HUMDISEASE

Indexed keywords

ANGIOPOIETIN 2; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR C, ZEBRAFISH; VASCULOTROPIN C; VASCULOTROPIN RECEPTOR 3; ZEBRAFISH PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL EMBRYO; ARTICLE; CYTOLOGY; EXTRACELLULAR FLUID; GENETICS; HISTOLOGY; LYMPH VESSEL; LYMPH VESSEL ENDOTHELIUM; METABOLISM; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSGENIC ANIMAL; TRANSPORT AT THE CELLULAR LEVEL; ZEBRA FISH;

ANGIOPOIETIN-2; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; ENDOTHELIUM, LYMPHATIC; EXTRACELLULAR FLUID; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; LYMPHATIC VESSELS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR C; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR-3; ZEBRAFISH; ZEBRAFISH PROTEINS;

DANIO RERIO; MAMMALIA; TELEOSTEI; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 33744996035     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2006.05.026     Document Type: Article

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