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Tissue architecture in the Caenorhabditis elegans gonad depends on interactions among fibulin-1, type IV collagen and the ADAMTS extracellular protease.
Genetics - 1 Apr 2012
Kubota Yukihiko, Nagata Kayo, Sugimoto Asako, Nishiwaki Kiyoji
Abstract excerpt
Molecules in the extracellular matrix (ECM) regulate cellular behavior in both development and pathology. Fibulin-1 is a conserved ECM protein. The Caenorhabditis elegans ortholog, FBL-1, regulates gonad-arm elongation and expansion by acting antagonistically to GON-1, an ADAMTS (a disintegrin and metalloprotease with thrombospondin motifs) family protease. The elongation of gonad arms is directed by gonadal...
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