Other Basement Membrane Proteins and Their Calcium-Binding Potential

INTRACELLULAR CALCIUM HOMEOSTASIS

1987 • 2,183 citations

Osteonectin, a bone-specific protein linking mineral to collagen

1981 • 1,131 citations

Neurexins: Synaptic Cell Surface Proteins Related to the α-Latrotoxin Receptor and Laminin

1992 • 669 citations

The Agrin Hypothesis

1990 • 637 citations

The structure of human thrombospondin, an adhesive glycoprotein with multiple calcium-binding sites and homologies with several different proteins.

1986 • 575 citations

Extracellular proteins that modulate cell-matrix interactions. SPARC, tenascin, and thrombospondin

1991 • 560 citations

Normal and abnormal aspects of proteinuria

1986 • 536 citations

Identification of agrin, a synaptic organizing protein from Torpedo electric organ.

1987 • 467 citations

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

1991 • 455 citations

Entactin, a novel basal lamina-associated sulfated glycoprotein.

1981 • 454 citations

Laminin-nidogen complex. Extraction with chelating agents and structural characterization

1987 • 453 citations

Ultrastructure of type VI collagen in human skin and cartilage suggests an anchoring function for this filamentous network.

1988 • 409 citations

SPARC, a secreted protein associated with cellular proliferation, inhibits cell spreading in vitro and exhibits Ca+2-dependent binding to the extracellular matrix.

1989 • 375 citations

Troponin and Parvalbumin Calcium Binding Regions Predicted in Myosin Light Chain and T4 Lysozyme

1975 • 374 citations

The extracellular glycoprotein SPARC interacts with platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF)-AB and -BB and inhibits the binding of PDGF to its receptors.

1992 • 358 citations

Evidence from molecular cloning that SPARC, a major product of mouse embryo parietal endoderm, is related to an endothelial cell ‘culture shock’ glycoprotein of Mr 43,000.

1986 • 315 citations

Structure and expression of a rat agrin

1991 • 310 citations

In vivo expression of mRNA for the Ca++-binding protein SPARC (osteonectin) revealed by in situ hybridization.

1987 • 292 citations

Nidogen: a new, self‐aggregating basement membrane protein

1983 • 275 citations

Expression of nidogen and laminin in basement membranes during mouse embryogenesis and in teratocarcinoma cells

1985 • 272 citations

Light microscopic immunolocation of thrombospondin in human tissues.

1985 • 265 citations

Characterization of a novel serum albumin-binding glycoprotein secreted by endothelial cells in culture.

1984 • 264 citations

Agrin induces phosphorylation of the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor

1991 • 253 citations

The agrin gene codes for a family of basal lamina proteins that differ in function and distribution

1992 • 252 citations

The role of beta-hydroxyaspartate and adjacent carboxylate residues in the first EGF domain of human factor IX.

1988 • 240 citations

Amino acid sequence of mouse nidogen, a multidomain basement membrane protein with binding activity for laminin, collagen IV and cells.

1989 • 230 citations

The role of calcium in biological systems

1991 • 223 citations

The Ca2(+)-binding glycoprotein SPARC modulates cell cycle progression in bovine aortic endothelial cells.

1991 • 223 citations

The structure of human platelet thrombospondin.

1985 • 222 citations

Fibulin is an extracellular matrix and plasma glycoprotein with repeated domain structure.

1990 • 213 citations

Unique distribution of the extracellular matrix component thrombospondin in the developing mouse embryo.

1988 • 212 citations

Calcium binding domains and calcium-induced conformational transition of SPARC/BM-40/osteonectin, an extracellular glycoprotein expressed in mineralized and nonmineralized tissues

1987 • 211 citations

Isolation and characterization of native adult osteonectin.

1985 • 207 citations

Human type VII collagen: cDNA cloning and chromosomal mapping of the gene.

1991 • 206 citations

Thrombospondin: a modular adhesive glycoprotein of platelets and nucleated cells.

1987 • 205 citations

Binding of nidogen and the laminin‐nidogen complex to basement membrane collagen type IV

1989 • 203 citations

Cross-linking of laminin-nidogen complexes by tissue transglutaminase. A novel mechanism for basement membrane stabilization

1991 • 201 citations

cDNA that encodes active agrin

1992 • 199 citations

Basement‐membrane heparan sulfate proteoglycan binds to laminin by its heparan sulfate chains and to nidogen by sites in the protein core

1992 • 193 citations

Distribution of the calcium-binding protein SPARC in tissues of embryonic and adult mice.

1989 • 192 citations

von Willebrand factor.

1991 • 192 citations

The first EGF-like domain from human factor IX contains a high-affinity calcium binding site.

1990 • 190 citations

Osteonectin cDNA sequence reveals potential binding regions for calcium and hydroxyapatite and shows homologies with both a basement membrane protein (SPARC) and a serine proteinase inhibitor (ovomucoid).

1988 • 189 citations

Mosaic structure of globular domains in the human type VI collagen alpha 3 chain: similarity to von Willebrand factor, fibronectin, actin, salivary proteins and aprotinin type protease inhibitors.

1990 • 189 citations

Developmental and transformation-sensitive expression of the Sparc gene on mouse chromosome 11.

1986 • 175 citations

Nidogen mediates the formation of ternary complexes of basement membrane components

1993 • 175 citations

Functional mapping of SPARC: peptides from two distinct Ca+(+)-binding sites modulate cell shape.

1990 • 164 citations

Molecular analysis of the cDNA for human SPARC/osteonectin/BM-40: Sequence, expression, and localization of the gene to chromosome 5q31-q33

1988 • 157 citations

Purification and tissue distribution of a small protein (BM-40) extracted from a basement membrane tumor

1986 • 157 citations

Amino acid sequence and domain structure of entactin. Homology with epidermal growth factor precursor and low density lipoprotein receptor.

1988 • 154 citations

Human platelets contain and secrete osteonectin, a major protein of mineralized bone.

1986 • 148 citations

Identification and interaction repertoire of large forms of the basement membrane protein nidogen.

1985 • 139 citations

Immunohistochemical localization of entactin and laminin in mouse embryos and fetuses

1983 • 139 citations

Fibulin, a novel protein that interacts with the fibronectin receptor β subunit cytoplasmic domain

1989 • 138 citations

High resolution immunoelectron microscopic localization of functional domains of laminin, nidogen, and heparan sulfate proteoglycan in epithelial basement membrane of mouse cornea reveals different topological orientations.

1988 • 132 citations

The role of Ca2+ binding in the self-aggregation of laminin-nidogen complexes.

1988 • 128 citations

Solubilization of protein BM‐40 from a basement membrane tumor with cheating agents and evidence for its identity with osteonectin and SPARC

1987 • 128 citations

Glutactin, a novel Drosophila basement membrane-related glycoprotein with sequence similarity to serine esterases.

1990 • 126 citations

Immunolocalization of entactin, a sulfated basement membrane component, in rodent tissues, and comparison with GP-2 (laminin).

1981 • 126 citations

Regulation of the expression of a secreted acidic protein rich in cysteine (SPARC) in human fibroblasts by transforming growth factor β

1991 • 121 citations

Novel Calcium-Binding Proteins

1991 • 120 citations

Interaction of human thrombospondin with types I-V collagen: direct binding and electron microscopy.

1987 • 119 citations

The complete primary structure of type XII collagen shows a chimeric molecule with reiterated fibronectin type III motifs, von Willebrand factor A motifs, a domain homologous to a noncollagenous region of type IX collagen, and short collagenous domains with an Arg-Gly-Asp site.

1991 • 115 citations

Thrombospondin 3 (Thbs3), a new member of the thrombospondin gene family.

1992 • 115 citations

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

1983 • 113 citations

Agrin mediates cell contact-induced acetylcholine receptor clustering

1991 • 113 citations

Calcium binding to the isolated β-hydroxyaspartic acid-containing epidermal growth factor-like domain of bovine factor X

1989 • 109 citations

Calcium‐dependent binding of basement membrane protein BM‐40 (osteonectin, SPARC) to basement membrane collagen type IV

1991 • 107 citations

The basement membrane glycoprotein entactin promotes cell attachment and binds calcium ions.

1990 • 104 citations

Purification and structural characterization of intact and fragmented nidogen obtained from a tumor basement membrane

1986 • 104 citations

Characterization of proteolytic fragments of the laminin‐nidogen complex and their activity in ligand‐binding assays

1988 • 104 citations

Osteonectin/SPARC/BM-40 in human decidua and carcinoma, tissues characterized by de novo formation of basement membrane.

1988 • 103 citations

Identification of Gln726 in nidogen as the amine acceptor in transglutaminase-catalyzed cross-linking of laminin-nidogen complexes.

1992 • 102 citations

Endothelial cell injury in vitro is associated with increased secretion of an M_r 43,000 glycoprotein ligand

1986 • 99 citations

Recombinant expression and properties of the human calcium‐binding extracellular matrix protein BM‐40

1991 • 99 citations

Cooperative binding of calcium to thrombospondin. The effect of calcium on the circular dichroism and limited tryptic digestion of thrombospondin.

1983 • 98 citations

Complex formation of human thrombospondin with osteonectin

1988 • 95 citations

How many agrins does it take to make a synapse?

1992 • 88 citations

Fibulin is localized at sites of epithelial-mesenchymal transitions in the early avian embryo

1992 • 87 citations

Structure of human osteonectin based upon analysis of cDNA and genomic sequences

1989 • 83 citations

Characterization of the mouse SPARC/osteonectin gene. Intron/exon organization and an unusual promoter region.

1988 • 82 citations

High‐affinity and low‐affinity calcium binding and stability of the multidomain extracellular 40‐kDa basement membrane glycoprotein (BM‐40/SPARC/osteonectin)

1992 • 79 citations

The collagen binding specificity of bone and platelet osteonectin is related to differences in glycosylation

1991 • 78 citations

The EF-Hand, Homologs and Analogs

1991 • 77 citations

Distinct patterns of glycosylation of colligin, a collagen‐binding glycoprotein, and SPARC (osteonectin), a secreted Ca²⁺‐binding glycoprotein

1987 • 77 citations

Cloning and complete amino acid sequences of human and murine basement membrane protein BM‐40 (SPARC, osteonectin)

1988 • 76 citations

The putative agrin receptor binds ligand in a calcium-dependent manner and aggregates during agrin-induced acetylcholine receptor clustering

1991 • 75 citations

Localization of a major nidogen‐binding site to domain III of laminin B2 chain

1991 • 74 citations

Nature of sulphated macromolecules in mouse Reichert's membrane. Evidence for tyrosine O-sulphate in basement-membrane proteins

1985 • 72 citations

SPARC induces the expression of type 1 plasminogen activator inhibitor in cultured bovine aortic endothelial cells

1991 • 70 citations

Characterization of a novel calcium‐binding 90‐kDa glycoprotein (BM‐90) shared by basement membranes and serum

1990 • 69 citations

Acetylcholine receptor-aggregating proteins are associated with the extracellular matrix of many tissues in Torpedo.

1988 • 68 citations

Comparison of agrin-like proteins from the extracellular matrix of chicken kidney and muscle with neural agrin, a synapse organizing protein

1991 • 60 citations

Osteonectin Promoter

1989 • 60 citations

Human Nidogen: Complete Amino Acid Sequence and Structural Domains Deduced from cDNAs, and Evidence for Polymorphism of the Gene

1989 • 57 citations

Analysis of extracellular matrix proteins in biological fluids

1987 • 55 citations

C3d fragment of complement interacts with laminin and binds to basement membranes of glomerulus and trophoblast.

1986 • 55 citations

Ontogenesis of glomerular basement membrane: structural and functional properties.

1991 • 54 citations

Amino acid sequence and distribution of mRNA encoding a major skeletal muscle laminin binding protein: an extracellular matrix-associated protein with an unusual COOH-terminal polyaspartate domain.

1988 • 53 citations

Agrin-induced reorganization of extracellular matrix components on cultured myotubes: relationship to AChR aggregation.

1990 • 53 citations

Calcium and calcium binding proteins : molecular and functional aspects

1988 • 48 citations

Characterization of the basement membrane glycoprotein entactin synthesized in a baculovirus expression system.

1990 • 46 citations

Human nidogen: cDNA cloning, cellular expression, and mapping of the gene to chromosome Iq43.

1989 • 46 citations

Isolation and characterization of a laminin-binding protein from rat and chick muscle.

1988 • 46 citations

Characterization of a tubular basement membrane component reactive with autoantibodies associated with tubulointerstitial nephritis.

1990 • 40 citations

Molecular analysis of Xenopus laevis SPARC (Secreted Protein, Acidic, Rich in Cysteine). A highly conserved acidic calcium-binding extracellular-matrix protein

1992 • 37 citations

Analysis of degradation of the basement membrane protein nidogen, using a specific monoclonal antibody

1988 • 35 citations

Expression of SPARC/osteonectin transcript in murine embryos and gonads

1988 • 32 citations

Entactin: A possible auto-antigen in the pathogenesis of non-Goodpasture anti-GBM nephritis

1990 • 28 citations

Nidogen/entactin (Nid) maps to the proximal end of mouse chromosome 13 linked to beige (bg) and identifies a new region of homology between mouse and human chromosomes

1991 • 23 citations

Expression and structure of human SPARC transcripts: SPARC mRNA is expressed by human cells involved in extracellular matrix production and some of these cells show an unusual expression pattern

1990 • 22 citations

Entactin forms a complex with fibronectin and co-localizes in the extracellular matrix of the embryonal carcinoma-derived 4CQ cell line

1991 • 17 citations

Human Nidogen Gene: Structural and Functional Characterization of the 5'-Flanking Region

1991 • 13 citations

Amino acid sequence of chicken calsequestrin deduced from c DNA: Comparison of calsequestrin and aspartactin

1990 • 12 citations

Characterization of a Novel Glycoprotein Isolated from the Basement Membrane Matrix of the Engelbreth-Holm-Swarm Tumor

1989 • 9 citations

Evaluation of mRNA steady-state and protein levels for basement membrane proteins in cultured murine cells

1992 • 7 citations

Evidence against a laminin receptor role for calsequestrin

1991 • 4 citations