Metallothionein 2 regulates endothelial cell migration through transcriptional regulation of vegfc expression

Angiogenesis

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 463-475

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HEART AND LUNG RESEARCH   (Germany)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MOLECULAR BIOMEDICINE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Angiogenesis; Endothelial cell migration; Nonsense mediated decay; Phenotype variability; TALEN; Vegfc; Zebrafish

Indexed keywords

METALLOTHIONEIN II; VASCULOTROPIN C; METALLOTHIONEIN; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR C, ZEBRAFISH; ZEBRAFISH PROTEIN;

ADULT; ANGIOGENESIS; ARTICLE; CELL MIGRATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DETOXIFICATION; EMBRYO; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; ENZYME REGULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; ANIMAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL MOTION; CYTOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; ZEBRA FISH;

ANIMALS; CELL MOVEMENT; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; METALLOTHIONEIN; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PHYSIOLOGIC; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR C; ZEBRAFISH; ZEBRAFISH PROTEINS;

EID: 84943360477     PISSN: 09696970     EISSN: 15737209     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10456-015-9473-6     Document Type: Article

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