Article
The functions of laminins: lessons from in vivo studies.
Matrix biology : journal of the International Society for Matrix Biology - 1 Dec 1996
Ryan M C, Christiano A M, Engvall E, Wewer U M, Miner J H, Sanes J R, Burgeson R E
Abstract excerpt
This series of three short reviews is an attempt to summarize our current knowledge of the in vivo tests of hypotheses of laminin functions. The structures of the laminins have been thoroughly reviewed recently (P. Ekblom and R. Timpl, in press), and I will not attempt to repeat this information...
Topics
- Animals
- Epidermolysis Bullosa
- Extracellular Matrix
- Extracellular Matrix Proteins
- Gene Expression
- Humans
- Laminin
- Mice
- Muscular Dystrophies
- Muscular Dystrophy, Animal
- Mutation
- Organ Specificity