Publication Date:
1992-02-21
Description:
The fms-like tyrosine kinase (Flt) is a transmembrane receptor in the tyrosine kinase family. Expression of flt complementary DNA in COS cells conferred specific, high-affinity binding of vascular endothelial growth factor, also known as vascular permeability factor (VEGF-VPF), a factor that induces vascular permeability when injected in the guinea pig skin and stimulates endothelial cell proliferation. Expression of Flt in Xenopus laevis oocytes caused the oocytes to release calcium in response to VEGF-VPF. These findings show that flt encodes a receptor for VEGF-VPF.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉de Vries, C -- Escobedo, J A -- Ueno, H -- Houck, K -- Ferrara, N -- Williams, L T -- P01 HL-43821/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS/ -- R01 HL-32898/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1992 Feb 21;255(5047):989-91.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco 94143.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1312256" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
Keywords:
Animals
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Cloning, Molecular
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Cross-Linking Reagents
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Endothelial Growth Factors/*physiology
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Enzyme Activation
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Humans
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In Vitro Techniques
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Lymphokines/*physiology
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Proto-Oncogene Proteins/genetics/*physiology
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Receptors, Cell Surface/*genetics
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Signal Transduction
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Transfection
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Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor A
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Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Receptor-1
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Vascular Endothelial Growth Factors
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Xenopus laevis
Print ISSN:
0036-8075
Electronic ISSN:
1095-9203
Topics:
Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Computer Science
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Medicine
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Natural Sciences in General
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Physics
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