Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) and its receptors
- 1 January 1999
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Wiley in The FASEB Journal
- Vol. 13 (1) , 9-22
- https://doi.org/10.1096/fasebj.13.1.9
Abstract
Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) is a highly specific mitogen for vascular endothelial cells. Five VEGF isoforms are generated as a result of alternative splicing from a single VEGF gene. ...Keywords
Funding Information
- Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities
- Israel Cancer Research Fund
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