The myotomal basement membrane - PubMed Central (PMC)
Jan 01, 2013· Introduction. Basement membranes (BMs) are pericellular extra-cellular matrix (ECM) structures that assemble at the surface of mainly epithelial, endothelial, nerve and muscle cells. 1 BMs contain laminins, isoforms of collagen IV, nidogen (1 and 2) and proteoglycans such as perlecan. The main component of BMs is laminin, a heterotrimeric glycoprotein composed of three subunits, α, β and …