Basement membranes in development and di
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Fenny Wiradjaja; Tia DiTommaso; Ian Smyth
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Article
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2010
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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## Abstract Basement membranes (BMs) are specializations of the extracellular matrix that act as key mediators of development and disease. Their sheet like protein matrices typically serve to separate epithelial or endothelial cell layers from underlying mesenchymal tissues, providing both a biophy