Article
Cell-cell adhesion via the ECM: integrin genetics in fly and worm.
Matrix biology : journal of the International Society for Matrix Biology - 1 Jul 2000
Brown N H
Abstract excerpt
Integrins are essential for the development of the two genetically tractable invertebrate model organisms, the nematode worm Caenorhabditis elegans and the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster. Just two integrins are present in C. elegans: one putative RGD binding integrin alphapat-2betapat-3, corresponding to Drosophila alphaPS2betaPS and vertebrate alpha5beta1, alphaVbeta1 and alpha8beta1, and one putative laminin...
Topics
- Animals
- Caenorhabditis elegans
- Caenorhabditis elegans Proteins
- Cell Adhesion
- Drosophila Proteins
- Drosophila melanogaster
- Extracellular Matrix
- Forecasting
- Humans
- Integrin alpha Chains
- Integrin beta Chains
