Laminins in basement membrane assembly

Cell Adhesion and Migration

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 56-63

  Hohenester, Erhard ^a   Yurchenco, Peter D ^b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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

Author keywords

Agrin; Collagen IV; Dystroglycan; Laminin; Nidogen; Perlecan

Indexed keywords

AGRIN; ALPHA DYSTROGLYCAN; CARBOHYDRATE; CELL RECEPTOR; COLLAGEN TYPE 4; ENTACTIN; GLUCURONIC ACID; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLYCOLIPID; HEPARAN SULFATE; INTEGRIN; LAMININ; LAMININ 111; LAMININ 3A11; LAMININ 3A21; LAMININ 3A32; LAMININ 411; LAMININ 421; PERLECAN; PROTEOGLYCAN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BASEMENT MEMBRANE; BINDING SITE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL GROWTH; CELL SURFACE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; POLYMERIZATION; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW;

EID: 84872176915     PISSN: 19336918     EISSN: 19336926     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/cam.21831     Document Type: Review

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