Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) was identified as a heparin-binding polypeptide mitogen with a target cell specificity restricted to vascular endothelial cells. Molecular cloning reveals the existence of four species of VEGF having 121, 165, 189, and 206 amino acids. These have strikingly
Vascular endothelial growth factor: A regulator of vascular morphogenesis in the Japanese quail embryo
β Scribed by Finkelstein, Eric B. ;Poole, Thomas J.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2003
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 606 KB
- Volume
- 272A
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0003-276X
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