Form and function: The laminin family of heterotrimers
Form and function: The laminin family of heterotrimers
H. Colognato,P. Yurchenco
2000 · DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0177(200006)218:2<213::AID-DVDY1>3.0.CO;2-R
Developmental Dynamics · 1,281 Citations
TLDR
The laminins are a family of glycoproteins that provide an integral part of the structural scaffolding of basement membranes in almost every animal tissue and have unique and shared cell interactions mediated by integrins, dystroglycan, and other receptors.