Purification and partial characterization of fibrillin, a cysteine-rich structural component of connective tissue microfibrils

Fibrillin, a new 350-kD glycoprotein, is a component of extracellular microfibrils.

1986 • 1,129 citations

Shapes, domain organizations and flexibility of laminin and fibronectin, two multifunctional proteins of the extracellular matrix

1981 • 666 citations

Primary structure of human fibronectin: differential splicing may generate at least 10 polypeptides from a single gene.

1985 • 659 citations

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1969 • 643 citations

Type VII collagen is a major structural component of anchoring fibrils.

1986 • 545 citations

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1982 • 542 citations

Location of the cell-attachment site in fibronectin with monoclonal antibodies and proteolytic fragments of the molecule

1981 • 444 citations

Immunohistologic Abnormalities of the Microfibrillar-Fiber System in the Marfan Syndrome

1990 • 393 citations

Fetal membrane collagens: identification of two new collagen alpha chains.

1976 • 386 citations

Location on Chromosome 15 of the Gene Defect Causing Marfan Syndrome

1990 • 380 citations

Extracellular compartments in tendon morphogenesis: collagen fibril, bundle, and macroaggregate formation.

1986 • 364 citations

Frictional coefficients of multisubunit structures. I. Theory

1967 • 359 citations

Elastin-Associated Microfibrils and Microfibrillar Proteins

1983 • 266 citations

Microfibrils: Fine filamentous components of the tissue space

1962 • 234 citations

Extraction of extendable beaded structures and their identification as fibrillin-containing extracellular matrix microfibrils.

1991 • 205 citations

The protein components of the 12-nanometer microfibrils of elastic and nonelastic tissues

1989 • 204 citations

The tissue form of type VII collagen is an antiparallel dimer.

1986 • 148 citations

Protein Assembly of Procollagen and Effects of Hydroxylation

1974 • 123 citations

Vitreous humor of chicken contains two fibrillar systems: An analysis of their structure

1988 • 118 citations

Connective Tissue Microfibrils

1989 • 116 citations

Type VIII collagen has a restricted distribution in specialized extracellular matrices.

1988 • 110 citations

The extracellular portion of the human blood‐air barrier and its relation to tissue space

1961 • 88 citations

Production and characterization of a monoclonal antibody to human Type IV collagen.

1982 • 71 citations

The microfibrils of connective tissue: I. Ultrastructure

1986 • 63 citations

Possible Roles of Microfibrils in Elastogenesis

1981 • 48 citations

Rotary shadowing of collagen monomers, oligomers, and fibrils during tendon fibrillogenesis.

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Mutations in Type I Procollagen Genes That Cause Osteogenesis Imperfecta

1990 • 24 citations