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Abstract
The basement membrane is a highly organized extracellular matrix with adhesive and barrier functions. Assembly of this matrix uses two types of cell surface receptor, integrins and dystroglycan, to coordinate formation of a polygonal network of laminin, a major basement membrane protein.Mesh:
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Year: 1999 PMID: 10209113 DOI: 10.1016/s0960-9822(99)80153-5
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Curr Biol ISSN: 0960-9822 Impact factor: 10.834