Extracellular distribution of diffusible growth factors controlled by heparan sulfate proteoglycans during mammalian embryogenesis

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 369, Issue 1657, 2014, Pages

  Matsuo, Isao ^a   Kimura Yoshida, Chiharu ^a  

^a OSAKA GENERAL MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

Diffusible growth factors; Embryogenesis; Extracellular matrix; Heparan sulfate proteoglycans; Mouse; Shedding

Indexed keywords

EMBRYO; GERM CELL; GROWTH RATE; MEMBRANE; MORPHOGENESIS; PROTEIN; RODENT;

MAMMALIA;

PROTEOHEPARAN SULFATE; SIGNAL PEPTIDE;

ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; METABOLISM; MOUSE; PHYSIOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSPORT AT THE CELLULAR LEVEL;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; HEPARAN SULFATE PROTEOGLYCANS; INTERCELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; MICE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84908228669     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2013.0545     Document Type: Review

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