Elastic Fibers: Building Bridges Between Cells and Their Matrix

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

Current Biology

Volume 12, Issue 8, 16 April 2002, Pages R279-R281

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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.

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