Roles of EphA2 in development and disease

Genes

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 334-357

  Park, Jeong Eun ^a   Son, Alexander I ^a   Zhou, Renping ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bone; Cataract; Development; Ear; EphA2; Ephrin; Kidney; Mammary gland

Indexed keywords

EPHRIN; EPHRIN A1; EPHRIN A10; EPHRIN A2; EPHRIN A3; EPHRIN A4; EPHRIN A5; EPHRIN A6; EPHRIN A7; EPHRIN A8; EPHRIN A9; EPHRIN B1; EPHRIN B3; EPHRIN RECEPTOR; EPHRIN RECEPTOR A2; EPHRIN RECEPTOR B1; EPHRIN RECEPTOR B2; EPHRIN RECEPTOR B3; EPHRIN RECEPTOR B4; EPHRIN RECEPTOR B5; EPHRIN RECEPTOR B6; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANGIOGENESIS; BRANCHING MORPHOGENESIS; BREAST DEVELOPMENT; CARTILAGE CELL; CATARACT; CATARACTOGENESIS; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASES; EAR DEVELOPMENT; HUMAN; KIDNEY DEVELOPMENT; LENS DEVELOPMENT; LIGAND BINDING; MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; ORGANOGENESIS; OSTEOBLAST; OSTEOCLAST; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84880821798     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20734425     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/genes4030334     Document Type: Review

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