Laminins: Structure and genetic regulation

Microscopy Research and Technique

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 214-227

  Tunggal, Patrick ^a   Smyth, Neil ^a   Paulsson, Mats ^a   Ott, Mark Christoph ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alternative splicing; Basement membrane; Domain structure; Gene expression; Laminin; Nidogen; Proteolytic processing

Indexed keywords

BINDING SITES; BUILDINGS; CELL MEMBRANES; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION;

ALTERNATIVE SPLICING; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; DOMAIN STRUCTURE; GENES EXPRESSION; GENETIC REGULATION; LAMININ; MODULAR PROTEINS; NIDOGEN; PROTEOLYTIC PROCESSING; STRUCTURAL COMPONENT;

GENE EXPRESSION;

CELL SURFACE RECEPTOR; DYSTROGLYCAN; INTEGRIN; LAMININ;

BASEMENT MEMBRANE; BIOSYNTHESIS; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; GENETIC REGULATION; HUMAN; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW;

EID: 0034333004     PISSN: 1059910X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1097-0029(20001101)51:3<214::AID-JEMT2>3.0.CO;2-J     Document Type: Review

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