@article{83731, keywords = {Animals, Humans, Recombinant Proteins, Protein Binding, Mice, Mice, Knockout, Extracellular Matrix, Extracellular Matrix Proteins, Integrins, Aorta, Dogs, Elastic Tissue, Elastin, Microfibrils, Tropoelastin}, author = {Kim Midwood and Jean Schwarzbauer}, title = {Elastic fibers: building bridges between cells and their matrix.}, abstract = {
Extracellular elastic fibers confer resilience and flexibility to tissues. Recent studies have identified a protein, fibulin-5, that connects these fibers to cells and regulates their assembly and organization.
}, year = {2002}, journal = {Curr Biol}, volume = {12}, pages = {R279-81}, month = {04/2002}, issn = {0960-9822}, language = {eng}, }