The laminin α2 expressed by dystrophic dy(2J) mice is defective in its ability to form polymers

Current Biology

Volumn 9, Issue 22, 1999, Pages 1327-1330

  Colognato, Holly ^a   Yurchenco, Peter D ^a  

^a RUTGERS ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA;

BIOPOLYMER; COLLAGEN; HEPARIN; HYBRID PROTEIN; LAMININ; LAMININ ALPHA2;

AFFINITY CHROMATOGRAPHY; ANIMAL; ANIMAL MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; ARTICLE; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; DISEASE MODEL; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOUSE; MOUSE MUTANT; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; BIOPOLYMERS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, AFFINITY; COLLAGEN; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; HEPARIN; LAMININ; MICE; MICE, MUTANT STRAINS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY, ANIMAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS;

EID: 0033581703     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0960-9822(00)80056-1     Document Type: Article

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