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Volume 164, Issue 7
29 March 2004
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Review| March 22 2004

Laminin : the crux of basement membrane assembly

Takako Sasaki,
Takako Sasaki
1Department of Molecular Medicine, Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry, D-82152 Martinsried, Germany
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Reinhard Fässler,
Reinhard Fässler
1Department of Molecular Medicine, Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry, D-82152 Martinsried, Germany
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Erhard Hohenester
Erhard Hohenester
2Department of Biological Sciences, Imperial College London, South Kensington Campus, London SW7 2AZ, UK
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Takako Sasaki
1Department of Molecular Medicine, Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry, D-82152 Martinsried, Germany
Reinhard Fässler
1Department of Molecular Medicine, Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry, D-82152 Martinsried, Germany
Erhard Hohenester
2Department of Biological Sciences, Imperial College London, South Kensington Campus, London SW7 2AZ, UK
Address correspondence to Erhard Hohenester, Department of Biological Sciences, Biophysics Group, Blackett Laboratory, Imperial College London, South Kensington Campus, London SW7 2AZ, UK. Tel.: 44-20-7594-7701. Fax: 44-20-7589-0191. email: [email protected]

Abbreviations used in this paper: BM, basement membrane; DG, dystroglycan; EB, embryoid body; ICM, inner cell mass; WD, Wolffian duct.

Received: January 13 2004
Accepted: February 13 2004
Online ISSN: 1540-8140
Print ISSN: 0021-9525
The Rockefeller University Press
2004
J Cell Biol (2004) 164 (7): 959–963.
https://doi.org/10.1083/jcb.200401058
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Received:
January 13 2004
Accepted:
February 13 2004

Laminin-1 is emerging as the key molecule in early embryonic basement membrane assembly. Here we review recent insights into its functions gained from the synergistic application of genetic and structural methods.

The Rockefeller University Press
2004
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