Dystroglycan Is Essential for Early Embryonic Development: Disruption of Reichert's Membrane in Dag1-Null Mice

Derivation of completely cell culture-derived mice from early-passage embryonic stem cells.

1993 • 2,370 citations

Primary structure of dystrophin-associated glycoproteins linking dystrophin to the extracellular matrix

1992 • 1,381 citations

A role for the dystrophin-glycoprotein complex as a transmembrane linker between laminin and actin

1993 • 1,352 citations

Membrane organization of the dystrophin-glycoprotein complex

1991 • 1,321 citations

Deficiency of a glycoprotein component of the dystrophin complex in dystrophic muscle

1990 • 996 citations

Three muscular dystrophies: Loss of cytoskeleton-extracellular matrix linkage

1995 • 829 citations

Mutations in the laminin α2–chain gene (LAMA2) cause merosin–deficient congenital muscular dystrophy

1995 • 615 citations

Signals for death and survival: A two-step mechanism for cavitation in the vertebrate embryo

1995 • 601 citations

Dystroglycan-α, a dystrophin-associated glycoprotein, is a functional agrin receptor

1994 • 509 citations

Recombinant nidogen consists of three globular domains and mediates binding of laminin to collagen type IV.

1991 • 455 citations

Appearance and distribution of collagens and laminin in the early mouse embryo

1980 • 395 citations

A role for dystrophin-associated glycoproteins and utrophin in agrin-induced AChR clustering

1994 • 369 citations

Dystrophin-related protein is localized to neuromuscular junctions of adult skeletal muscle

1991 • 368 citations

Identification and Characterization of the Dystrophin Anchoring Site on β-Dystroglycan

1995 • 322 citations

Identification and purification of an agrin receptor from torpedo postsynaptic membranes: A heteromeric complex related to the dystroglycans

1994 • 307 citations

Deficiency of merosin in dystrophic dy mice and genetic linkage of laminin M chain gene to dy locus.

1994 • 299 citations

Dystroglycan binds nerve and muscle agrin

1994 • 272 citations

Duchenne muscular dystrophy

1993 • 260 citations

Type VI collagen mutations in Bethlem myopathy, an autosomal dominant myopathy with contractures

1996 • 245 citations

Molecular organization at the glycoprotein‐complex‐binding site of dystrophin

1994 • 235 citations

Human dystroglycan: skeletal muscle cDNA, genomic structure, origin of tissue specific isoforms and chromosomal localization

1993 • 229 citations

Alternative Splicing of Agrin Alters Its Binding to Heparin, Dystroglycan, and the Putative Agrin Receptor

1996 • 223 citations

Dissociation of the complex of dystrophin and its associated proteins into several unique groups by n‐octyl β‐<scp>d</scp>‐glucoside

1994 • 212 citations

Non-muscle alpha-dystroglycan is involved in epithelial development.

1995 • 186 citations

Antibodies against domain E3 of laminin-1 and integrin alpha 6 subunit perturb branching epithelial morphogenesis of submandibular gland, but by different modes.

1995 • 177 citations

Incorporation into Reichert's membrane of laminin-like extracellular proteins synthesized by parietal endoderm cells of the mouse embryo

1980 • 168 citations

Inhibition of laminin alpha 1-chain expression leads to alteration of basement membrane assembly and cell differentiation.

1996 • 149 citations

Dystroglycan in the Cerebellum is a Laminin α2‐chain Binding Protein at the Glial‐Vascular Interface and is Expressed in Purkinje cells

1996 • 142 citations

Disruption of the dystrophin-glycoprotein complex in the cardiomyopathic hamster

1993 • 127 citations

The Pem Homeobox Gene Is X-Linked and Exclusively Expressed in Extraembryonic Tissues during Early Murine Development

1994 • 115 citations

The embryonic rat parietal yolk sac. The role of the parietal endoderm in the biosynthesis of basement membrane collagen and glycoprotein in vitro.

1975 • 103 citations

Changes in the fine structure of the parietal yolk sac of the rat placenta with increasing gestational age

1968 • 100 citations

The embryonic rat parietal yolk sac

1975 • 85 citations

Production of congenital malformations using tissue antisera

1975 • 52 citations

Dystroglycan mRNA expression during normal and mdx mouse embryogenesis: A comparison with utrophin and the apo‐dystrophins

1995 • 37 citations

Characterization of α1, β1, and γ1 laminin subunits during rabbit fetal lung development

1995 • 28 citations

Cloning and expression analyses of mouse dystroglycan gene: specific expression in maternal decidua at the peri-implantation stage

1996 • 19 citations