Coordinating cell behaviour during blood vessel formation

Development

Volumn 138, Issue 21, 2011, Pages 4569-4583

  Geudens, Ilse ^a,b   Gerhardt, Orgnameholger ^a,b,c  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PLANT SYSTEMS BIOLOGY   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c IMPERIAL CANCER RESEARCH FUND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Angiogenesis; Angiogenic sprouting; Model systems; Vascular network

Indexed keywords

ANGIOGENESIS; BLOOD VESSEL; CELL DIVISION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL GROWTH; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SELECTION; EMBRYOID BODY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; LEG ISCHEMIA; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NONHUMAN; ORGANOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA BLOOD VESSEL; RETINA ISCHEMIA; REVIEW; RHOMBENCEPHALON; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VASCULAR RING; ZEBRA FISH;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MORPHOGENESIS; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PHYSIOLOGIC;

VERTEBRATA;

EID: 80054000495     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: 14779129     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/dev.062323     Document Type: Review

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