Angiogenesis in zebrafish

Seminars in Cell and Developmental Biology

Volumn 31, Issue , 2014, Pages 106-114

  Schuermann, Annika ^a   Helker, Christian S M ^a   Herzog, Wiebke ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MOLECULAR BIOMEDICINE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Angiogenesis; Blood vessel; Endothelial cell; Guidance; Lumen formation; Zebrafish

Indexed keywords

BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN; CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CXCR4; NOTCH RECEPTOR; PLEXIN; SEMAPHORIN; VASCULOTROPIN;

ANGIOGENESIS; BLOOD; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL VACUOLE; CIRCULATION; EMBRYO; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; IMAGING; LYMPH VESSEL; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VASCULAR PATENCY; VASCULARIZATION; ZEBRA FISH; ANIMAL; CYTOLOGY; EMBRYOLOGY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM;

DANIO RERIO;

ANIMALS; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PHYSIOLOGIC; ZEBRAFISH;

EID: 84901986739     PISSN: 10849521     EISSN: 10963634     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.semcdb.2014.04.037     Document Type: Review

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