An essential role for Rac1 in endothelial cell function and vascular development

FASEB Journal

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1829-1838

  Tan, Wenfu ^a   Palmby, Todd R ^a   Gavard, Julie ^a   Amornphimoltham, Panomwat ^a   Zheng, Yi ^b   Gutkind, J Silvio ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DENTAL AND CRANIOFACIAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

Author keywords

Angiogenesis; Cytoskeleton; Migration; S1P; VEGF

Indexed keywords

CRE RECOMBINASE; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; RAC1 PROTEIN; RHO FACTOR; SPHINGOSINE 1 PHOSPHATE; VASCULOTROPIN;

ANGIOGENESIS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL ADHESION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; CELL MIGRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; MALE; NEOVASCULARIZATION (PATHOLOGY); NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FUNCTION; YOLK SAC;

ANIMALS; BLOOD VESSELS; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; GENE DELETION; LYSOPHOSPHOLIPIDS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PHYSIOLOGIC; NEUROPEPTIDES; RAC GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; SPHINGOSINE; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR A;

EID: 44949179828     PISSN: 08926638     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1096/fj.07-096438     Document Type: Article

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