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MATRIX BIOLOGY
Volume 19, Issue 7, Pages 649-655Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/S0945-053X(00)00112-8
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matrilin; mouse development; limb; heart; immunohistochemistry
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The expression of matrilin-1, -2 and -3 was studied in the heart and limb during mouse development. Matrilin-1 is transiently expressed in the heart between days 9.5 and 14.5 p.c. Matrilin-2 expression was detected in the heart from day 10.5 p.c. onwards. In the developing limb bud, both matrilin-1 and -3 were observed first at day 12.5 p.c. Throughout development matrilin-3 expression was strictly limited to cartilage, while matrilin-1 was also found in some other forms of connective tissue. Matrilin-2 albeit present around hypertrophic chondrocytes in the growth plate, was mainly expressed in non-skeletal structures. The complementary, but in part overlapping, expression of matrilins indicates the possibility for both redundant and unique functions among the members of this novel family of extracellular matrix proteins. (C) Elsevier Science B.V./International Society of Matrix Biology. All rights reserved.
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