Genes and Regulation of Basement Membrane Collagen and Laminin Synthesis

Laminin–a glycoprotein from basement membranes.

1979 • 2,372 citations

Structure and biological activity of basement membrane proteins

1989 • 967 citations

A Network Model for the Organization of Type IV Collagen Molecules in Basement Membranes

1981 • 889 citations

Hormonal induction of differentiation in teratocarcinoma stem cells: Generation of parietal endoderm by retinoic acid and dibutyryl cAMP

1980 • 803 citations

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

1981 • 666 citations

Structure and Function of Collagen Types

1987 • 653 citations

A Synthetic Peptide Containing the IKVAV Sequence from the A Chain of Laminin Mediates Cell Attachment, Migration, and Neurite Outgrowth

1989 • 623 citations

The thermal transition of a non-hydroxylated form of collagen. Evidence for a role for hydroxyproline in stabilizing the triple-helix of collagen

1973 • 563 citations

Nerve growth factor, laminin, and fibronectin promote neurite growth in human fetal sensory ganglia cultures

1982 • 541 citations

Normal and abnormal aspects of proteinuria

1986 • 536 citations

THE FAMILY OF COLLAGEN GENES

1990 • 511 citations

Laminin, a multidomain protein. The A chain has a unique globular domain and homology with the basement membrane proteoglycan and the laminin B chains.

1988 • 486 citations

Mutations in collagen genes: causes of rare and some common diseases in humans

1991 • 479 citations

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

1991 • 455 citations

Identification of the Goodpasture antigen as the alpha 3(IV) chain of collagen IV.

1988 • 451 citations

Sequence of the cDNA encoding the laminin B1 chain reveals a multidomain protein containing cysteine-rich repeats.

1987 • 381 citations

Identification of a distinct type IV collagen alpha chain with restricted kidney distribution and assignment of its gene to the locus of X chromosome-linked Alport syndrome.

1990 • 379 citations

Domains of laminin with growth-factor activity

1989 • 341 citations

A retinoic acid-responsive element is present in the 5' flanking region of the laminin B1 gene.

1989 • 314 citations

The laminin B2 chain has a multidomain structure homologous to the B1 chain.

1987 • 307 citations

Localization of the Goodpasture epitope to a novel chain of basement membrane collagen.

1987 • 277 citations

Localization of flexible sites in thread-like molecules from electron micrographs

1984 • 269 citations

Splice Junctions: Association with Variation in Protein Structure

1983 • 261 citations

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

1980 • 260 citations

Transient and locally restricted expression of laminin a chain mRNA by developing epithelial cells during kidney organogenesis

1990 • 239 citations

Characterization of a type IV collagen major cell binding site with affinity to the alpha 1 beta 1 and the alpha 2 beta 1 integrins.

1991 • 230 citations

Human proα1(I) collagen gene structure reveals evolutionary conservation of a pattern of introns and exons

1984 • 208 citations

Attachment of cells to basement membrane collagen type IV.

1986 • 198 citations

The genes for the alpha 1(IV) and alpha 2(IV) chains of human basement membrane collagen type IV are arranged head-to-head and separated by a bidirectional promoter of unique structure.

1988 • 171 citations

Regulation of Collagen Gene Expression

1989 • 171 citations

Genes for basement membrane proteins are coordinately expressed in differentiating F9 cells but not in normal adult murine tissues

1987 • 159 citations

Structural requirements for the stimulation of neurite outgrowth by two variants of laminin and their inhibition by antibodies.

1988 • 155 citations

The late retinoic acid induction of laminin B1 gene transcription involves RAR binding to the responsive element.

1991 • 152 citations

The complete primary structure of the alpha 2 chain of human type IV collagen and comparison with the alpha 1(IV) chain.

1988 • 149 citations

Alpha 1(IV) and alpha 2(IV) collagen genes are regulated by a bidirectional promoter and a shared enhancer.

1988 • 139 citations

The structural genes for alpha 1 and alpha 2 chains of human type IV collagen are divergently encoded on opposite DNA strands and have an overlapping promoter region.

1988 • 132 citations

The Classical Collagens: Types I, II, and III

1987 • 120 citations

Embryonic lethality caused by mutations in basement membrane collagen of C. elegans

1991 • 119 citations

Drosophila basement membrane procollagen alpha 1(IV). II. Complete cDNA sequence, genomic structure, and general implications for supramolecular assemblies.

1988 • 116 citations

Synthesis of laminin and entactin by F9 cells induced with retinoic acid and dibutyryl cyclic AMP.

1983 • 113 citations

The arrangement of intra‐ and intermolecular disulfide bonds in the carboxyterminal, non‐collagenous aggregation and cross‐linking domain of basement‐membrane type IV collagen

1988 • 106 citations

Human collagen genes encoding basement membrane alpha 1 (IV) and alpha 2 (IV) chains map to the distal long arm of chromosome 13.

1987 • 105 citations

Human basement membrane collagen (type IV)

1988 • 100 citations

Folding of collagen IV

1988 • 98 citations

Construction of a model for the aggregation and cross-linking region (7S domain) of type IV collagen based upon an evaluation of the primary structure of the alpha1 and alpha2 chains in this region

1987 • 80 citations

The Complete Primary Structure for the α1-Chain of Mouse Collagen IV

1989 • 78 citations

Structural Organization of the Gene for the α1 Chain of Human Type IV Collagen

1989 • 72 citations

Structural organization of the 5′ region of the thyroglobulin gene

1987 • 68 citations

The Complete Primary Structure of Mouse α2 (IV) Collagen

1989 • 64 citations

Steady-state levels of mRNAs coding for the type IV collagen and laminin polypeptide chains of basement membranes exhibit marked tissue-specific stoichiometric variations in the rat.

1987 • 63 citations

Signaling site of laminin with mitogenic activity.

1992 • 56 citations

Structure of the human laminin B1 chain gene.

1990 • 53 citations

Structure of the human laminin B2 chain gene reveals extensive divergence from the laminin B1 chain gene.

1991 • 51 citations

DNA methylation and collagen IV gene expression in F9 teratocarcinoma cells.

1990 • 44 citations

Differential effects of DNA-binding proteins on bidirectional transcription from the common promoter region of human collagen type IV genes COL4A1 and COL4A2

1993 • 41 citations

The laminin B2 chain promoter contains unique repeat sequences and is active in transient transfection.

1988 • 40 citations

Structural studies of human basement-membrane collagen with the use of a monoclonal antibody

1985 • 31 citations

Evolution of collagen IV genes from a 54-base pair exon: A role for introns in gene evolution

1990 • 30 citations

The complete primary structure of a nematode alpha 2(IV) collagen and the partial structural organization of its gene

1991 • 28 citations

A novel sequence in the type IV collagen promoter binds nuclear proteins from Engelbreth-Holm-Swarm tumor.

1992 • 27 citations

Characterization of a cis-acting element required for efficient transcriptional activation of the collagen IV enhancer.

1991 • 27 citations

Regulation of Divergent Transcription of the Genes Coding for Basement Membrane Type IV Collagen

1990 • 26 citations

Structure of theDrosophilaGene for the Laminin B2 Chain

1991 • 18 citations

Expression of human collagen type IV genes is regulated by transcriptional and post‐transcriptional mechanisms

1992 • 14 citations