HOXA13 is essential for placental vascular patterning and labyrinth endothelial specification

PLoS Genetics

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2008, Pages

  Shaut, Carley A E ^a   Keene, Douglas R ^b   Sorensen, Lise K ^c   Li, Dean Y ^c   Stadler, H Scott ^a,b  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SHRINERS HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGIOPOIETIN RECEPTOR; PROTEIN HOXA13; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; FOXF1A PROTEIN, MOUSE; HOMEOBOX PROTEIN HOXA13; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; BLOOD VESSEL WALL; CELL SPECIFICITY; CELL STRUCTURE; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA PROTEIN COMPLEX; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEATH; EMBRYO GROWTH; FEMALE; FOXF1 GENE; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PLACENTA CIRCULATION; PLACENTA INSUFFICIENCY; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; TIE2 GENE; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; ANGIOGENESIS; ANIMAL; DNA MICROARRAY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HOMOZYGOTE; IN VITRO STUDY; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOUSE MUTANT; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYSIOLOGY; PLACENTA; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; REPORTER GENE; TROPHOBLAST; VASCULARIZATION;

EUTHERIA;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENES, REPORTER; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HOMOZYGOTE; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PHYSIOLOGIC; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; PLACENTA; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RECEPTOR, TIE-2; TROPHOBLASTS;

EID: 44849089671     PISSN: 15537390     EISSN: 15537404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1000073     Document Type: Article

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