Vascular endothelial growth factors: A comparison between invertebrates and vertebrates

Cytokine and Growth Factor Reviews

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 687-695

  Kipryushina, Yulia O ^a,b   Yakovlev, Konstantin V ^a   Odintsova, Nelly A ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF MARINE BIOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

^b FAR EASTERN FEDERAL UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Development; Growth factor; Invertebrates; PVF; PVR; VEGF; VEGFR

Indexed keywords

PLATELET DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR; PLATELET DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR A; PLATELET DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR B; PLATELET DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR C; PLATELET DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR D; VASCULOTROPIN; VASCULOTROPIN C; VASCULOTROPIN D; VASCULOTROPIN E; VASCULOTROPIN RECEPTOR; VASCULOTROPIN RECEPTOR 1; VASCULOTROPIN RECEPTOR 2; VASCULOTROPIN A;

AMPHIBIA; ANGIOGENESIS; ANNELID; ARTHROPOD; BILATERIA; BIRD; CELL MIGRATION; CNIDARIA; CTENOPHORA; DEUTEROSTOMIA; ECDYSOZOA; ECHINODERM; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; INVERTEBRATE; LOPHOTROCHOZOA; MAMMAL; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLLUSC; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; PROTOSTOMIA; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SHORT SURVEY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPONGE (PORIFERA); TELEOST; UROCHORDATA; VERTEBRATE; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; HUMANS; INVERTEBRATES; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PHYSIOLOGIC; RECEPTORS, VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR A; VERTEBRATES;

EID: 84949096400     PISSN: 13596101     EISSN: 18790305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cytogfr.2015.04.001     Document Type: Short Survey

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