Elastic fibers: building bridges between cells and their matrix.

Author
Kim Midwood, Jean Schwarzbauer
Publication Year
2002

Type

Journal Article
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.

Keywords
Animals, Humans, Recombinant Proteins, Protein Binding, Mice, Mice, Knockout, Extracellular Matrix, Extracellular Matrix Proteins, Integrins, Aorta, Dogs, Elastic Tissue, Elastin, Microfibrils, Tropoelastin
Journal
Curr Biol
Volume
12
Issue
8
Pages
R279-81
Date Published
04/2002
ISSN Number
0960-9822
Alternate Journal
Curr. Biol.
PMID
11967167