Transcription factor FOXC2 demarcates the jugular lymphangiogenic region in avian embryos

Lymphology

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 11-17

  Rutscher, K ^a   Wilting, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

FoxC2; Jugular lymph sac; Lymphangiogenesis; Lymphatic endothelial cell; Lymphedema distichiasis; Prox1; Tie2; Transdifferentiation

Indexed keywords

HOMEOBOX TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PROX1; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXC2;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHICK EMBRYO; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISTICHIASIS; EMBRYO; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; EYELASH; EYELID DISEASE; HYPERPLASIA; LYMPH VESSEL ENDOTHELIUM; LYMPHANGIOGENESIS; LYMPHATIC SYSTEM DISEASE; LYMPHEDEMA; NONHUMAN; PLEURA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; QUAIL; TISSUE DIFFERENTIATION;

ANIMALS; CHICK EMBRYO; CHICKENS; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; QUAIL; RECEPTOR, TIE-2;

EID: 44349088929     PISSN: 00247766     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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