Novel svVEGF isoforms from Macrovipera lebetina venom interact with neuropilins

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 389, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 10-15

  Aloui, Zohra ^a   Hoos, Sylviane ^c   Geretti, Elena ^b   Kharmachi, Habib ^a   Haumont, Pierre Yves ^d   Mejdoub, Hafedh ^e   Klagsbrun, Michael ^b   England, Patrick ^c   Gasmi, Ammar ^a  

^a PASTEUR INSTITUTE OF TUNIS   (Tunisia)

^b BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^d Applied Biosystems   (France)

^e University of Sfax   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Capillary permeability; Interaction; Neuropilins; Snake venom VEGF; VEGFR 2

Indexed keywords

IC1 PROTEIN; IC2 PROTEIN; NEUROPILIN; NEUROPILIN 1; NEUROPILIN 2; SNAKE VENOM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VASCULOTROPIN; VASCULOTROPIN A; VASCULOTROPIN RECEPTOR 1; VASCULOTROPIN RECEPTOR 2;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL CELL CULTURE; AORTA; ARTICLE; CAPILLARY PERMEABILITY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; MACROVIPERA LEBETINA; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; RAT; SNAKE; SWINE;

ANIMALS; CAPILLARY PERMEABILITY; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; NEUROPILIN-1; NEUROPILIN-2; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR A; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR-2; VIPER VENOMS; VIPERIDAE;

MACROVIPERA LEBETINA;

EID: 70349195813     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: 10902104     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2009.08.068     Document Type: Article

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