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. 2002 Apr 16;12(8):R279-81.
doi: 10.1016/s0960-9822(02)00800-x.

Elastic fibers: building bridges between cells and their matrix

Kim S Midwood  1 , Jean E Schwarzbauer
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Elastic fibers: building bridges between cells and their matrix

Kim S Midwood et al. Curr Biol. .
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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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