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SUBMITTER: Jayadev R
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6719451 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Jayadev Ranjay R Chi Qiuyi Q Keeley Daniel P DP Hastie Eric L EL Kelley Laura C LC Sherwood David R DR
The Journal of cell biology 20190806 9
Basement membranes (BMs) are cell-associated extracellular matrices that support tissue integrity, signaling, and barrier properties. Type IV collagen is critical for BM function, yet how it is directed into BMs in vivo is unclear. Through live-cell imaging of endogenous localization, conditional knockdown, and misexpression experiments, we uncovered distinct mechanisms of integrin-mediated collagen recruitment to <i>Caenorhabditis elegans</i> postembryonic gonadal and pharyngeal BMs. The putati ...[more]