Table 1

The human VEGF family and related proteins from Drosophila and Orf virus

Species (strain) and gene name
Number ofexons
Chromosomal location*
Accession number
References
Homologsfound in other species

Human VEGF-A
8
6p12
NM_003376
[59]
Mus musculus





Rattus norvegicus





Sus scrofa





Bos taurus





Canis familiaris





Gallus gallus





Xenopus laevis





Danio rerio





Fugu rubripes
Human VEGF-B
7
11q13
NM_003377
[23]
M. musculus





R. norvegicus





B. taurus
Human VEGF-C
7
4q34.1-q34.3
NM_005429
[60]
M. musculus





R. norvegicus





B. taurus





D. rerio
Human VEGF-D
7
Xp22.31
NM_004469
[61]
M. musculus





R. norvegicus





B. taurus
Human PLGF
7
14q24-q31
NM_002632
[22]
M. musculus





R. norvegicus





B. taurus
Orf virus (D1701) VEGF-E
-
-
AF106020

-
Orf virus (NZ2) VEGF-E
-
-
S67520

-
Orf virus (NZ7) VEGF-E
-
-
S67522

-
D. melanogaster PVF1
6
X 17E1-17E6
NM_078683
[14-16]
Caenorhabditis elegans§





Podocoryne carnea
D. melanogaster PVF2
5
2L 27E1
NM_078775
[16]
-
D. melanogaster PVF3
6
2L 27E1-27E2
NM_078776
[16]
-

*Chromosome locations of human and Drosophila genes are from Entrez Gene and FlyBase. Accession numbers are from RefSeq and GenBank.

Homolog data are from HomoloGene, Entrez Gene and [13].§Putative homolog identified by survey of C. elegans genome [17]. Possible homolog [18].

Holmes and Zachary Genome Biology 2005 6:209   doi:10.1186/gb-2005-6-2-209