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. 2012 May 2;7(5):e35231. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0035231

Figure 1. Murine VEGF-A splice variants.

Figure 1

Several splice variants of VEGF are produced, by alternative splicing of exons 6 & 7. Exons 3 & 4 encode dimerisation and VEGF receptor binding sites, exon 7 encodes neuropilin binding sites and exons 6 & 7 encode heparin binding sites.