Elastic fibers: Building bridges between cells and their matrix

Kim S. Midwood; Jean E. Schwarzbauer

doi:10.1016/S0960-9822(02)00800-X

Elastic fibers: Building bridges between cells and their matrix

Kim S. Midwood, Jean E. Schwarzbauer

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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.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	R279-R281
Journal	Current Biology
Volume	12
Issue number	8
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0960-9822(02)00800-X
State	Published - Apr 16 2002

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General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
General Agricultural and Biological Sciences

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