Regulation of angiogenesis by ETS transcription factors

Biochemical Society Transactions

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1248-1253

  Randi, Anna M ^a   Sperone, Andrea ^a   Dryden, Nicola H ^a   Birdsey, Graeme M ^a  

^a NATIONAL HEART AND LUNG INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Angiogenesis; Endothelial cell; Endothelial homoeostasis; ETS transcription factor; Gene expression

Indexed keywords

GA BINDING PROTEIN; HYPOXIA INDUCIBLE FACTOR 2ALPHA; STROMELYSIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR ELF 1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR ELF 2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR ELF 3; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR ELK 3; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR ERG; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR ETS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR ETS 1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR ETS 2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR ETV6; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FLI 1; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANGIOGENESIS; APOPTOSIS; BINDING SITE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL GROWTH; CELL SURVIVAL; DNA BINDING; DOWN REGULATION; ENDOTHELIUM; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE TARGETING; HOUSEKEEPING GENE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; UPREGULATION;

ANIMALS; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HUMANS; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PHYSIOLOGIC; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-ETS;

EID: 70450187836     PISSN: 03005127     EISSN: 14708752     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/BST0371248     Document Type: Review

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