Control of vascular morphogenesis and homeostasis through the angiopoietin - Tie system

Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 165-177

  Augustin, Hellmut G ^a   Young Koh, Gou ^b   Thurston, Gavin ^c   Alitalo, Kari ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

^c REGENERON PHARMACEUTICALS INC   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGIOPOIETIN; ANGIOPOIETIN 1; ANGIOPOIETIN 2; ANGIOPOIETIN RECEPTOR; TIE 1 RECEPTOR; TIE RECEPTOR;

ANGIOGENESIS; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANGIOPOIETINS; ANIMALS; BLOOD VESSELS; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MORPHOGENESIS; RECEPTORS, TIE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 60749096085     PISSN: 14710072     EISSN: 14710080     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrm2639     Document Type: Review

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