Regulation of endothelial cell development by ETS transcription factors

Seminars in Cell and Developmental Biology

Volumn 22, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 976-984

  Meadows, Stryder M ^a   Myers, Candace T ^b   Krieg, Paul A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Development; Endothelial; ETS; Gene expression

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN ETV2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR ERG; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR ETS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR ETS1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR ETS2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR ETV6; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FLI1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACETYLATION; ANGIOGENESIS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINEAGE; CELL SPECIFICITY; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; SUMOYLATION; UBIQUITINATION;

EID: 82755182573     PISSN: 10849521     EISSN: 10963634     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.semcdb.2011.09.009     Document Type: Review

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