| Literature DB >> 23033049 |
Michael Simons, Martin A Schwartz.
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Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) signalling induces embryonic vascular development and angiogenesis in adult tissues. Direct phosphorylation of the actin-binding protein profilin by VEGF receptors is now shown to increase its affinity for actin, and to be essential for adult but not embryonic arteriogenesis.Entities:
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Year: 2012 PMID: 23033049 PMCID: PMC4047563 DOI: 10.1038/ncb2596
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Nat Cell Biol ISSN: 1465-7392 Impact factor: 28.824