The implications of fibulin-5 on elastin assembly and its role in the elastic fiber /
The extracellular matrix (ECM) is the material found surrounding the cells in a tissue. One component of the ECM is the elastic fiber, which confers the property of elasticity to its environment. Organs such as the lung, skin and major blood vessels have an abundance of elastic fibers so that they a...
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McGill University
2007
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