A transgenic Xenopus laevis reporter model to study lymphangiogenesis

Biology Open

Volumn 2, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 882-890

  Ny, Annelii ^a,b   Vandevelde, Wouter ^a,b   Hohensinner, Philipp ^a,b   Beerens, Manu ^c   Geudens, Ilse ^a,b   Diez Juan, Antonio ^a,b,e   Brepoels, Katleen ^a,b   Plaisance, Stéphane ^a,b   Krieg, Paul A ^d   Langenberg, Tobias ^a,b   Vinckier, Stefan ^a,b   Luttun, Aernout ^c   Carmeliet, Peter ^a,b   Dewerchin, Mieke ^a,b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PLANT SYSTEMS BIOLOGY   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e Instituto Universitario IVI INCLIVA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Imaging; Lymphangiogenesis; Xenopus

Indexed keywords

EID: 84979220692     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20466390     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/bio.20134739     Document Type: Article

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