Integrins during evolution

After 25 years of research on integrins, the picture of how integrins have evolved is becoming clearer. At the same time, model organism will continue to offer valuable systems to elucidate the function of integrins in different tissues.

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See    Johnson MS, Lu N, Denessiouk K, Heino J, Gullberg D. 2009. Integrins during evolution: Evolutionary trees and model organisms. Biochim Biophys Acta. 1778:779-789.

Last updated 24.5.2009