- ►nih.gov [PDF] - Free from Publisher JL Ashworth, CM Kielty, D McLEOD - British Journal of Ophthalmology, 2000 - bjo.bmj.com The glycoprotein fibrillin is the principal component of the ciliary zonule and
has an important role in the strength and elasticity of ocular connective
tissues. Fibrillin polymers form the structural scaffold of extensible ... Cited by 22 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 7 versions
AP Pessier, KA Potter - Laboratory investigation; a journal of technical …, 1996 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov Cattle affected by bovine Marfan's syndrome demonstrate most clinical features
of the human disease, which is caused by mutations in the fibrillin-1 gene.
Immunohistochemical and metabolic labeling studies in affected cattle have ... Cited by 12 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 2 versions
Y Lu, DF Holmes, C Baldock - Journal of molecular biology, 2005 - Elsevier Fibrillin microfibrils endow mammalian connective tissues with elasticity and
are fundamental for the deposition of elastin. The microfibrils are 57 nm
periodic supramolecular protein polymers with a mass of 2.4 MDa per repeat. ... Cited by 4 - Related articles - All 5 versions
[CITATION] Fibrillin-rich microfibrils: an X-ray diffraction study and elastomeric properties
- ►biologists.org [PDF] JL Ashworth, V Kelly, R Wilson, CA … - Journal of Cell Science, 1999 - jcs.biologists.org Fibrillins are large cysteine-rich glycoproteins (of approx. 350 kDa), which
form the molecular scaffold of a class of beaded microfibrils that are key
structural elements of dynamic connective tissues (Kielty and Shuttleworth, ... Cited by 22 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 7 versions
- ►biologists.org [PDF] JL Ashworth, V Kelly, MJ Rock, CA … - Journal of Cell Science, 1999 - jcs.biologists.org Fibrillins are large cysteine-rich glycoproteins (350 kDa) which form the
molecular scaffold of a class of beaded microfibrils that are key structural
elements of dynamic connective tissues (Kielty and Shuttleworth, 1995). ... Cited by 15 - Related articles - All 6 versions
TJ Wess, PP Purslow, CM Kielty - Journal of Structural Biology, 1998 - Elsevier X-ray diffraction of hydrated fibrillin rich microfibrils, in the form of
zonular filaments from bovine eyes, demonstrated meridional diffraction peaks
indexing on a fundamental periodicity of 56 nm in the relaxed state. The ... Cited by 18 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 6 versions
- ►biologists.org [PDF] DM Wright, VC Duance, TJ Wess, CM Kielty, … - Journal of Experimental Biology, 1999 - jeb.biologists.org The ocular zonule is a network of fibres that suspends the lens from the ciliary
body in the eye (Mayne et al., 1997). The forces involved in changing the shape
of the lens to accommodate the eye are transmitted via the zonular network. ... Cited by 18 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 6 versions
MJ Sherratt, DF Holmes, CA Shuttleworth, CM … - International Journal of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, 1997 - Elsevier We have applied scanning transmission electron microscopy to intact native
fibrillin-containing microfibrils isolated from foetal bovine elastic tissues in
order to derive new insights into microfibril organisation. This technique ... Cited by 21 - Related articles - All 5 versions
M Raghunath, M Tschödrich-Rotter, T Sasaki, … - Journal of Investigative Dermatology, 1999 - nature.com The fibulins represent a novel family of extracellular matrix proteins. We
report the temporo-spatial expression of fibulin-2 in skin regenerating from
keratinocyte autografts. In normal dermis, fibulin-2 was associated with ... Cited by 22 - Related articles - All 4 versions
