Hemicentin mediated type IV collagen assembly strengthens juxtaposed basement membrane linkage
Claire A. Gianakas, Daniel P. Keeley, William Ramos-Lewis, Kieop Park, Ranjay Jayadev, Isabel W. Kenny-Ganzert, Qiuyi Chi, David R. Sherwood
The paper identifies hemicentin and fibulin-1 as initiators of basement membrane-BM linkage and shows type IV collagen strengthens this linkage during mechanical stress in C. elegans.
The Journal of Cell Biology · Sep 27, 2022Peer-reviewedDevelopmental Biology