Two sets of interacting collagens form functionally distinct substructures within a Caenorhabditis elegans extracellular matrix

Molecular Biology of the Cell

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 1366-1378

  McMahon, Laura ^a,b   Muriel, Joaquin M ^a,c   Roberts, Brett ^a   Quinn, Martyn ^a   Johnstone, Iain L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b Invitrogen Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN; DPY1 COLLAGEN; RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CUTICLE; EMBRYO; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; NONHUMAN; OLIGOMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SYNTHESIS; TRIPLE HELIX;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; COLLAGEN; DNA, HELMINTH; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENES, HELMINTH; MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; RNA INTERFERENCE;

CAENORHABDITIS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

EID: 0013459508     PISSN: 10591524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1091/mbc.E02-08-0479     Document Type: Article

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