Elk3 Deficiency Causes Transient Impairment in Post-Natal Retinal Vascular Development and Formation of Tortuous Arteries in Adult Murine Retinae

Christine Weinl; Christine Wasylyk; Marina Garcia Garrido; Vithiyanjali Sothilingam; Susanne C. Beck; Heidemarie Riehle; Christine Stritt; Michel J. Roux; Mathias W. Seeliger; Bohdan Wasylyk; Alfred Nordheim

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0107048

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Elk3 Deficiency Causes Transient Impairment in Post-Natal Retinal Vascular Development and Formation of Tortuous Arteries in Adult Murine Retinae

Christine Weinl,

Affiliation Department of Molecular Biology, Interfaculty Institute for Cell Biology, University of Tuebingen, Tuebingen, Germany
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Christine Wasylyk,

Affiliations Institut de Génétique et de Biologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire, Illkirch, France, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Illkirch, France, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, Illkirch, France, Université de Strasbourg, Illkirch, France
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Marina Garcia Garrido,

Affiliation Division of Ocular Neurodegeneration, Centre for Ophthalmology, Institute for Ophthalmic Research, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
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Vithiyanjali Sothilingam,

Affiliation Division of Ocular Neurodegeneration, Centre for Ophthalmology, Institute for Ophthalmic Research, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
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Susanne C. Beck,

Affiliation Division of Ocular Neurodegeneration, Centre for Ophthalmology, Institute for Ophthalmic Research, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
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Heidemarie Riehle,

Affiliation Department of Molecular Biology, Interfaculty Institute for Cell Biology, University of Tuebingen, Tuebingen, Germany
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Christine Stritt,

Affiliation Department of Molecular Biology, Interfaculty Institute for Cell Biology, University of Tuebingen, Tuebingen, Germany
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Michel J. Roux,

Affiliations Institut de Génétique et de Biologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire, Illkirch, France, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Illkirch, France, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, Illkirch, France, Université de Strasbourg, Illkirch, France
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Mathias W. Seeliger,

Affiliation Division of Ocular Neurodegeneration, Centre for Ophthalmology, Institute for Ophthalmic Research, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
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Bohdan Wasylyk,

Affiliations Institut de Génétique et de Biologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire, Illkirch, France, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Illkirch, France, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, Illkirch, France, Université de Strasbourg, Illkirch, France
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Alfred Nordheim

* E-mail: alfred.nordheim@uni-tuebingen.de

Affiliation Department of Molecular Biology, Interfaculty Institute for Cell Biology, University of Tuebingen, Tuebingen, Germany
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Elk3 Deficiency Causes Transient Impairment in Post-Natal Retinal Vascular Development and Formation of Tortuous Arteries in Adult Murine Retinae

Christine Weinl,
Christine Wasylyk,
Marina Garcia Garrido,
Vithiyanjali Sothilingam,
Susanne C. Beck,
Heidemarie Riehle,
Christine Stritt,
Michel J. Roux,
Mathias W. Seeliger,
Bohdan Wasylyk

Published: September 9, 2014
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0107048

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