Blood and lymphatic vessel formation

Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2015, Pages

  Bautch, Victoria L ^a,b   Caron, Kathleen M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; BLOOD VESSEL; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; EMBRYOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK; LYMPH VESSEL; MORPHOGENESIS; MOUSE; PHYSIOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; BLOOD VESSELS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE REGULATORY NETWORKS; LYMPHATIC VESSELS; MICE; MORPHOGENESIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84924777630     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19430264     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/cshperspect.a008268     Document Type: Article

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