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ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Brunner M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3144405 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
The Journal of cell biology 20110718 2
The morphogenetic and differentiation events required for bone formation are orchestrated by diffusible and insoluble factors that are localized within the extracellular matrix. In mice, the deletion of ICAP-1, a modulator of β1 integrin activation, leads to severe defects in osteoblast proliferation, differentiation, and mineralization and to a delay in bone formation. Deposition of fibronectin and maturation of fibrillar adhesions, adhesive structures that accompany fibronectin deposition, are ...[more]