The Next Frontier: Molecular Biology of Extracellular Matrix

Structure and Function of Collagen Types

1987 • 653 citations

Collagen type I and type V are present in the same fibril in the avian corneal stroma.

1988 • 393 citations

D-periodic distribution of collagen type IX along cartilage fibrils.

1988 • 347 citations

Extracellular compartments in matrix morphogenesis: collagen fibril, bundle, and lamellar formation by corneal fibroblasts.

1984 • 293 citations

The collagen gene: Evidence for its evolutionary assembly by amplification of a DNA segment containing an exon of 54 bp

1980 • 260 citations

Ultrastructural identification of extension aminopropeptides of type I and III collagens in human skin.

1981 • 224 citations

The structure of type IX collagen.

1985 • 180 citations

Collagen fibril formation during embryogenesis.

1983 • 157 citations

Type XII collagen: distinct extracellular matrix component discovered by cDNA cloning.

1987 • 150 citations

Synthesis and characterization of cDNA encoding a cartilage-specific short collagen.

1984 • 143 citations

Synthesis of two collagen types by embryonic chick corneal epithelium in vitro.

1977 • 134 citations

Structure of the glycosaminoglycan domain in the type IX collagen-proteoglycan.

1987 • 108 citations

Cartilage type IX collagen-proteoglycan contains a large amino-terminal globular domain encoded by multiple exons.

1988 • 106 citations

Embryonic chicken cornea and cartilage synthesize type IX collagen molecules with different amino-terminal domains.

1988 • 101 citations

Acquisition of type IX collagen by the developing avian primary corneal stroma and vitreous

1988 • 88 citations

Isolation and Characterization of the Human Fibrillar Collagen Genes

1985 • 77 citations

Type V Collagen

1987 • 60 citations

Construction and characterization of cDNA encoding the .alpha.2 chain of chicken type IX collagen

1985 • 58 citations

Use of monoclonal antibodies to locate the chondroitin sulfate chain(s) in type IX collagen.

1986 • 55 citations

Type XII collagen is expressed in embryonic chick tendons. Isolation of pepsin-derived fragments.

1987 • 53 citations