| Product description |
Mouse monoclonal [C4] to Laminin SExtracellular matrix (ECM) surrounds and separates most tissue compartments, determines tissue architecture and dynamically interacts with its surrounding cells. The basement membrane is a part of the ECM and is composed of collagens, proteoglycans, elastin and several glycoproteins of which laminin is the most abundant. Laminins are large heterotrimeric, noncollagenous glycoproteins composed of alpha, beta, and gamma chains Dystroglycan is a major laminin receptor in muscle and epithelia, and nidogen is a high affinity laminin binding protein important for basement membrane assembly. Alterations of BM integrity, from local discontinuities up to complete loss, are described in many types of human and animal epithelial neoplasms. |