Thymosin β4 Is Not required for embryonic viability or vascular development

Circulation Research

Volumn 112, Issue 3, 2013, Pages

  Banerjee, Indroneal ^a   Morris, Thomas Moore ^a   Evans, Sylvia M ^a   Chen, Ju ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

THYMOSIN BETA4;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; CELL DEATH; CELL MATURATION; CELL VIABILITY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; MALE; MOUSE; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CELL SURVIVAL; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENOTYPE; GESTATIONAL AGE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR; MYOCYTES, SMOOTH MUSCLE; PHENOTYPE; THYMOSIN;

EID: 84873392774     PISSN: 00097330     EISSN: 15244571     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCRESAHA.111.300197     Document Type: Review

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