ISSN:
0091-7419
Keywords:
binding
;
fibroblasts
;
fibronectin
;
immunofluorescence
;
receptor
;
secretion
;
Life Sciences
;
Molecular Cell Biology
Source:
Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
Topics:
Biology
,
Chemistry and Pharmacology
,
Medicine
Notes:
Fibronectin was present in media and cell layers of cultures of adherent cells from human skin, kidney, lung, chest wall, liver, and heart. Cell-surface fibronectin, visualized by immunofluorescence, was in dense fibrillar (cultures from lung), discrete fibrillar (e.g., cultures from skin), or punctate (some cultures from kidney) structures. The subunit sizes of cell-surface fibronectin and fibronectin soluble in medium appeared identical in sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gels. To explain the polymorphism of cell-surface fibronectin, there must be chemical differences among the fibronectins synthesized by different cell strains or factors in the cell layer which influence fibronectin binding and aggregation.
Additional Material:
1 Ill.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jss.400060408
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