Basement membranes in development

Pediatric and Developmental Pathology

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 103-118

  Relan, Nand K ^a   Schuger, Lucia ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Basement membranes; Embryogenesis; Extracellular matrix; Laminins

Indexed keywords

LAMININ; PROTEOGLYCAN;

BASEMENT MEMBRANE; COLLAGEN SYNTHESIS; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; ORGANOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; EMBRYONIC AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; HUMANS; MORPHOGENESIS; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE;

EID: 0033033829     PISSN: 10935266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s100249900098     Document Type: Review

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