Zebrafish hoxd4a Acts Upstream of meis1.1 to Direct Vasculogenesis, Angiogenesis and Hematopoiesis

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2013, Pages

  Amali, Aseervatham Anusha ^a   Sie, Lawrence ^a   Winkler, Christoph ^b   Featherstone, Mark ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN FLI1; PROTEIN LMO2; PROTEIN SCL1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANGIOGENESIS; ARTICLE; CDX1 GENE; CDX4 GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; EMBRYO; GASTRULATION; GENE; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE INTERACTION; GENE LOSS; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC EPISTASIS; HEMANGIOBLAST; HEMATOPOIESIS; HOX GENE; HOXD4A GENE; MEIS1.1 GENE; MESODERM; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; ZEBRA FISH;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE KNOCKDOWN TECHNIQUES; HEMATOPOIESIS; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PHYSIOLOGIC; PHENOTYPE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; ZEBRAFISH; ZEBRAFISH PROTEINS;

EID: 84875047115     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0058857     Document Type: Article

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