The fibrillins

International Journal of Biochemistry and Cell Biology

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 255-259

  Ramirez, Francesco ^a   Pereira, Lygia ^b  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Elastic fibres; Extracellular matrix; Fibrillin; Marfan syndrome (MFS)

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; CYSTEINE DERIVATIVE; FIBRILLIN; GLYCOPROTEIN; MONOMER; PROTEIN PRECURSOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL MODEL; AORTA DISSECTING ANEURYSM; ARACHNODACTYLY; CALCIUM BINDING; ELASTIC FIBER; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; GENE MUTATION; GENE TARGETING; HOMEOSTASIS; MARFAN SYNDROME; MORPHOGENESIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PLEIOTROPY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; RNA TRANSLATION; SHORT SURVEY;

EID: 0032968124     PISSN: 13572725     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1357-2725(98)00109-5     Document Type: Article

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