Endothelial tubes assemble from intracellular vacuoles in vivo

Makoto Kamei; W. Brian Saunders; Kayla J. Bayless; Louis Dye; George E. Davis; Brant M. Weinstein

doi:10.1038/nature04923

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VacuoleCell biologyIntracellularIn vivoBiologyEndothelial stem cellExtracellular matrixEndotheliumMorphogenesisExtracellularLive cell imagingZebrafishCDC42In vitroCellActinBiochemistryCytoplasm

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Year: 2006
Type: article
Volume: 442
Issue: 7101
Pages: 453-456
Citations: 512
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                                    Makoto Kamei, 
                                
                                    W. Brian Saunders, 
                                
                                    Kayla J. Bayless
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (2006). 
                            Endothelial tubes assemble from intracellular vacuoles in vivo. 
                            Nature
                            , 442
                            (7101)
                            , 453-456.
                            https://doi.org/10.1038/nature04923
                        

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DOI: 10.1038/nature04923