The tip cell concept 10 years after: New players tune in for a common theme

Experimental Cell Research

Volumn 319, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1255-1263

  Siekmann, Arndt F ^a   Affolter, Markus ^b   Belting, Heinz Georg ^b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MOLECULAR BIOMEDICINE   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Angiogenesis; Embryo; Mouse; Notch; Tip cell; VEGF; Zebrafish

Indexed keywords

ACTIVIN RECEPTOR LIKE KINASE 1; CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CXCR4; NOTCH1 RECEPTOR; NOTCH2 RECEPTOR; NOTCH3 RECEPTOR; NOTCH4 RECEPTOR; PLEXIN; SCLEROPROTEIN; SEMAPHORIN; VASCULOTROPIN RECEPTOR 1; VASCULOTROPIN RECEPTOR 2; VASCULOTROPIN RECEPTOR 3;

ANGIOGENESIS; CELL FATE; CELL HETEROGENEITY; CELL MATURATION; CELL MIGRATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELLS; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; DOWN REGULATION; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TIP CELL; UPREGULATION;

DANIO RERIO;

EID: 84877142786     PISSN: 00144827     EISSN: 10902422     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yexcr.2013.01.019     Document Type: Review

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