Evidence of nidogen-2 compensation for nidogen-1 deficiency in transgenic mice.

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Previous studies have shown that inhibition of nidogen-laminin binding interferes with basement membrane stabilization in various mouse organ cultures while no overt phenotype has been observed following inactivation of the nidogen-1 gene in mice. We have now used recombinant mouse nidogen-1 and nidogen-2 in order to evaluate a possible compensation between the two isoforms in the knock-out mice. Essentially, a...

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