Vegfd can compensate for loss of Vegfc in zebrafish facial lymphatic sprouting

Development (Cambridge)

Volumn 141, Issue 13, 2014, Pages 2680-2690

  Astin, Jonathan W ^a   Haggerty, Michael J L ^a   Okuda, Kazuhide S ^a   Le Guen, Ludovic ^b   Misa, June P ^a   Tromp, Alisha ^a   Hogan, Benjamin M ^b   Crosier, Kathryn E ^a   Crosier, Philip S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Lymphangiogenesis; Lymphatic; Vegfc; Vegfd; Zebrafish

Indexed keywords

VASCULOTROPIN C; VASCULOTROPIN D; VASCULOTROPIN RECEPTOR 3;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; FACE DEVELOPMENT; HEAD; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LYMPH VESSEL; LYMPHANGIOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEPLETION; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; ZEBRA FISH;

LYMPHANGIOGENESIS; LYMPHATIC; VEGFC; VEGFD; ZEBRAFISH;

ANIMALS; CALCIUM-BINDING PROTEINS; DNA PRIMERS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LYMPHANGIOGENESIS; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MORPHOLINOS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR C; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR D; ZEBRAFISH; ZEBRAFISH PROTEINS;

EID: 84903129974     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: 14779129     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/dev.106591     Document Type: Article

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