VEGF/Flk1 Signaling Cascade Transactivates Etv2 Gene Expression

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 11, 2012, Pages

  Rasmussen, Tara L ^a   Shi, Xiaozhong ^a   Wallis, Alicia ^a   Kweon, Junghun ^a   Zirbes, Katie M ^a   Koyano Nakagawa, Naoko ^a   Garry, Daniel J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC AMP RESPONSIVE ELEMENT BINDING PROTEIN; ENHANCED YELLOW FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE P38; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VASCULOTROPIN; VASCULOTROPIN RECEPTOR 2; YELLOW FLUORESCENT PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; CONCEPTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; ENZYME INHIBITION; ETV2 GENE; GASTRULATION; GEL MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; GENE; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE MUTATION; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MOUSE; MOUSE MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PRIMITIVE STREAK; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN MOTIF; REPORTER GENE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSACTIVATION; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CYCLIC AMP RESPONSE ELEMENT-BINDING PROTEIN; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; GASTRULATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; P38 MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASES; PROTEIN BINDING; RESPONSE ELEMENTS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTIONAL ACTIVATION; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR A; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR-2;

MUS;

EID: 84869797474     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0050103     Document Type: Article

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