Neuropilins: Structure, function and role in disease

Biochemical Journal

Volumn 411, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 211-226

  Pellet Many, Caroline ^a   Frankel, Paul ^a   Jia, Haiyan ^a   Zachary, Ian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Angiogenesis; Cancer; Neuron; Semaphorin; Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF)

Indexed keywords

BIOMOLECULES; CELLS; NEURONS; PROTEINS;

ANGIOGENESIS; SEMAPHORIN; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR (VEGF);

ONCOLOGY;

CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; NEUROPILIN 1; NEUROPILIN 2; PLEXIN; SEMAPHORIN; VASCULOTROPIN; VASCULOTROPIN RECEPTOR; LIGAND; NEUROPILIN;

CELL FUNCTION; CELL TYPE; HUMAN; IMMUNE SYSTEM; LYMPHANGIOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; WOUND HEALING; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENERAL ASPECTS OF DISEASE; GENETICS; GENOME; METABOLISM;

ANIMALS; DISEASE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENOME; HUMANS; LIGANDS; NEUROPILINS; PROTEIN PROCESSING, POST-TRANSLATIONAL;

EID: 42449148407     PISSN: 02646021     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/BJ20071639     Document Type: Review

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