Ovol2/Movo, a homologue of Drosophila ovo, is required for angiogenesis, heart formation and placental development in mice

Genes to Cells

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 773-785

  Unezaki, Sawako ^a   Horai, Reiko ^b   Sudo, Katsuko ^b   Iwakura, Yoichiro ^b   Ito, Seiji ^a  

^a KANSAI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SMALL INTERFERING RNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR OVOL2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANGIOGENESIS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE TARGETING; HEART DEVELOPMENT; IN VITRO STUDY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLACENTA DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; VASCULARIZATION;

ANIMALS; CELL LINE; CROSSES, GENETIC; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; MALE; MICE; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PATHOLOGIC; PLACENTA; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

MAMMALIA; MUS; SPONDIAS PURPUREA;

EID: 34250788061     PISSN: 13569597     EISSN: 13652443     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2443.2007.01084.x     Document Type: Article

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