Krüppel-like factor 2 cooperates with the ETS family protein ERG to activate Flk1 expression during vascular development

Development

Volumn 136, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1115-1125

  Meadows, Stryder M ^a,c   Salanga, Matthew C ^b   Krieg, Paul A ^b  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Endothelial lineage; KLF2; Tie2; Vascular development; VE cadherin; VEGFR2; Xenopus

Indexed keywords

KRUPPEL LIKE FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR ERG; VASCULOTROPIN RECEPTOR 2; ERG PROTEIN, XENOPUS; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; MULTIPROTEIN COMPLEX; PRIMER DNA; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; XENOPUS PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CELL LINEAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; TRANSGENICS; VASCULAR DISEASE; XENOPUS LAEVIS; ANIMAL; BLOOD VESSEL; DRUG ANTAGONISM; ENHANCER REGION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; REPORTER GENE; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TRANSGENIC ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; BLOOD VESSELS; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; ENHANCER ELEMENTS, GENETIC; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENES, REPORTER; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; KRUPPEL-LIKE TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; MULTIPROTEIN COMPLEXES; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTIONAL ACTIVATION; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR-2; XENOPUS LAEVIS; XENOPUS PROTEINS;

EID: 67449127240     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: 14779129     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/dev.029538     Document Type: Article

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