Transcription factor COUP-TFII is indispensable for venous and lymphatic development in zebrafish and Xenopus laevis

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 410, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 121-126

  Aranguren, Xabier L ^a   Beerens, Manu ^a   Vandevelde, Wouter ^b,c   Dewerchin, Mieke ^b,c   Carmeliet, Peter ^b,c   Luttun, Aernout ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b DEPARTMENT OF PLANT SYSTEMS BIOLOGY   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

(Lymph)angiogenesis; COUP TFII; Endothelial specification; Prox1; Xenopus laevis; Zebrafish

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CELL NUCLEUS RECEPTOR; CHICKEN OVALBUMIN UPSTREAM PROMOTER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 2; PROTEIN NR2F2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELL FATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; GENE; GENE SILENCING; LYMPHATIC SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROX1 GENE; TADPOLE; XENOPUS LAEVIS; ZEBRA FISH;

ANIMALS; CARDIOVASCULAR ABNORMALITIES; CELL MOVEMENT; COUP TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR II; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE KNOCKDOWN TECHNIQUES; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; LYMPHANGIOGENESIS; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR PROTEINS; VEINS; XENOPUS LAEVIS; ZEBRAFISH;

ANIMALIA; DANIO RERIO; MUS; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 79959378241     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: 10902104     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2011.05.117     Document Type: Article

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