Let it flow: Morpholino knockdown in zebrafish embryos reveals a pro-angiogenic effect of the metalloprotease meprin α2

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Schütte, André ^a   Hedrich, Jana ^a   Stöcker, Walter ^a   Becker Pauly, Christoph ^a  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEPRIN; MEPRIN ALPHA 2; MEPRIN BETA; MESSENGER RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VASCULOTROPIN A; ANGIOGENIC FACTOR; METALLOPROTEINASE; MORPHOLINE DERIVATIVE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANGIOGENESIS; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CELL LYSATE; CIRCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; ERYTHROCYTE; GENE SILENCING; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; TISSUE DIFFERENTIATION; ZEBRA FISH; ANIMAL; DRUG POTENTIATION; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT;

DANIO RERIO; TELEOSTEI;

ANGIOGENESIS INDUCING AGENTS; ANIMALS; GENE KNOCKDOWN TECHNIQUES; METALLOENDOPEPTIDASES; MORPHOLINES; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR A; ZEBRAFISH;

EID: 77952485887     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0008835     Document Type: Article

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