Expression of vascular endothelial growth factor receptors Flt-1 and Flk-1 in embryonic rat forebrain

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 425, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 131-135

  Kim, Ha Young ^a   Choi, Jeong Sun ^a   Cha, Jung Ho ^a   Choi, Jae Youn ^a   Lee, Mun Yong ^a  

^a The Catholic University of Korea   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Cerebral cortex; Development; Flk 1; Flt 1; In situ hybridization histochemistry; Ventricular zone

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; VASCULOTROPIN RECEPTOR 1; VASCULOTROPIN RECEPTOR 2;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN LATERAL VENTRICLE; EMBRYO; FOREBRAIN; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; THALAMUS NUCLEUS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; NEURONS; PROSENCEPHALON; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; STEM CELLS; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR A; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR-1; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR-2;

EID: 34548625524     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2007.08.040     Document Type: Article

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