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Syndecan-2 is essential for angiogenic sprouting during zebrafish development.
Blood - 1 Mar 2004
Chen Eleanor, Hermanson Spencer, Ekker Stephen C
Abstract excerpt
We used a morpholino-based gene-targeting screen to identify a novel protein essential for vascular development using the zebrafish, Danio rerio. We show that syndecan-2, a cell-surface heparan sulfate proteoglycan, is essential for angiogenic sprouting during embryogenesis. The vascular function of syndecan-2 is likely conserved, as zebrafish and mouse syndecan-2 show similar expression patterns around major...
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