Perspectives of SLIT/ROBO signaling in placental angiogenesis

Histology and Histopathology

Volumn 25, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1181-1190

  Liao, Wu Xiang ^a   Wing, Deborah A ^a   Geng, Jian Guo ^b   Chen, Dong Bao ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Angiogenesis; Placenta; Robo; Slit

Indexed keywords

GLYCOPROTEIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN RECEPTOR; NERVE PROTEIN; ROUNDABOUT RECEPTOR; SLIT PROTEIN, VERTEBRATE;

ANGIOGENESIS; ANIMAL; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VASCULARIZATION;

ANIMALS; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; GLYCOPROTEINS; HUMANS; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PHYSIOLOGIC; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; RECEPTORS, IMMUNOLOGIC; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 77957376809     PISSN: 02133911     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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