Polyacrylamide surfaces were coated with the extracellular matrix component, collagen.
The origin of the matrix component, however, is controversial.
Multhaupt, H. A. B., Leitinger, B., Gullberg, D. & Couchman, J. R. Extracellular matrix component signaling in cancer.
Twarock, S. et al. Hyperglycaemia and aberrated insulin signalling stimulate tumour progression via induction of the extracellular matrix component hyaluronan.
One of these, fibulin-5, is a matrix component necessary for normal elastin fiber assembly.
Each domain binds to a specific matrix component or to a specific site on a cell.
Pellicle formation can evolve independently from division of labour in ∆eps and ∆tasA monocultures, by selection acting on the residual matrix component, TasA or EPS, respectively.
"The extracellular matrix Component Psl provides fast-acting antibiotic defense in Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilms". PLoS Pathog 9, no.
Thus, Bap1 presents an important matrix component to target in the prevention and dispersal of V. cholerae biofilms.
Collagen II, a major extracellular matrix component in cartilaginous tissues, undergoes fibrillogenesis under physiological conditions.
