Molecular variants of fibronectin and laminin: Structure, physiological occurrence and histopathological aspects

Virchows Archiv

Volumn 429, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 311-322

  Kosmehl, Hartwig ^a   Berndt, Alexander ^a   Katenkamp, Detlef ^a  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Basement membrane; Differentiation; Fibronectin isoforms; Laminin isoforms; Tumour stroma

Indexed keywords

FIBRONECTIN; LAMININ; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; CARCINOMA; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; FIBROSIS; GRANULATION TISSUE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; METASTASIS POTENTIAL; NOMENCLATURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN GLYCOSYLATION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTEIN VARIANT; REVIEW; STROMA; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0029729982     PISSN: 09456317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00198435     Document Type: Review

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