Article
Cell adhesion. Fibronectin and integrin knockouts come unstuck.
Current biology : CB - 1 Mar 1994
Watt F M, Hodivala K J
Abstract excerpt
Mice with homozygous null mutations in the genes encoding fibronectin or the alpha5 integrin subunit die as embryos. The types of embryonic defect confirm some ideas about fibronectin function but cast doubt on others.
Topics
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Animals
- Cell Adhesion
- Embryonic and Fetal Development
- Fibronectins
- Integrins
- Mice
- Mice, Knockout
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Mutation
- Oligopeptides
- Receptors, Fibronectin