The vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) isoforms: differential deposition into the subepithelial extracellular matrix and bioactivity of extracellular matrix-bound VEGF.

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Published in Mol Biol Cell on December 01, 1993

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J E Park1, G A Keller, N Ferrara

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1: Genentech Inc., South San Francisco, California 94080.

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