Endothelial Cell Self-fusion during Vascular Pruning

PLoS Biology

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2015, Pages

  Lenard, Anna ^a   Daetwyler, Stephan ^b   Betz, Charles ^a   Ellertsdottir, Elin ^a   Belting, Heinz Georg ^a   Huisken, Jan ^b   Affolter, Markus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR CELL BIOLOGY AND GENETICS   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGIOGENESIS; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL; CELL ACTIVITY; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL FUSION; CELL MIGRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; NONHUMAN; ZEBRA FISH; ANIMAL; EMBRYOLOGY; TRANSGENIC ANIMAL; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM;

DANIO RERIO;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; CELL FUSION; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PHYSIOLOGIC; ZEBRAFISH;

EID: 84929483932     PISSN: 15449173     EISSN: 15457885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.1002126     Document Type: Article

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