Laminin: The crux of basement membrane assembly

Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 164, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 959-963

  Sasaki, Takako ^a   Fässler, Reinhard ^a   Hohenester, Erhard ^b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Embryo development; Extracellular matrix; Mutagenesis; Structure determination

Indexed keywords

ENTACTIN; LAMININ; LAMININ 1; MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MEMBRANE ASSEMBLY; MEMBRANE STRUCTURE; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RECEPTOR BINDING; SHORT SURVEY; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; SYNTHESIS;

ANIMALS; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; HUMANS; LAMININ;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 1842509188     PISSN: 00219525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.200401058     Document Type: Short Survey

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