K-ras/PI3K-Akt signaling is essential for zebrafish hematopoiesis and angiogenesis

PLoS ONE

Volumn 3, Issue 8, 2008, Pages

  Liu, Lihui ^a   Zhu, Shizhen ^a   Gong, Zhiyuan ^a   Low, Boon Chuan ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; HEMOGLOBIN; HEMOGLOBIN BETA3; K RAS PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3 KINASE; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3 KINASE INHIBITOR; PROTEIN KINASE B; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GATA 1; WORTMANNIN; RAS PROTEIN; ZEBRAFISH PROTEIN;

ANGIOGENESIS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; ENZYME ACTIVATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SILENCING; HEMATOPOIESIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSGENICS; VASCULAR DISEASE; WILD TYPE; ZEBRA FISH; ANIMAL; PHYSIOLOGY;

DANIO RERIO; MUS; VERTEBRATA;

1-PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3-KINASE; ANIMALS; HEMATOPOIESIS; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PHYSIOLOGIC; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-AKT; RAS PROTEINS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; ZEBRAFISH; ZEBRAFISH PROTEINS;

EID: 51349169062     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0002850     Document Type: Article

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