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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: Int J Biochem Cell Biol. 2010 Mar 15;42(7):1084–1093. doi: 10.1016/j.biocel.2010.03.009

Figure 2. Electron micrographs of dermal elastic fibers in wild-type and Fbln5-null mouse skin.

Figure 2

(A) Elastic fibers in wild-type dermis show a core of elastin (e) integrated within a bundle of microfibrils (mf). (B) In contrast, the elastic fibers in Fbln5-null dermis are composed of large elastin aggregates (e) located outside extensive bundles of microfibrils (mf). Scale bar = 0.25 μm, coll = collagen. Adapted and used with permission from Choi et al. Matrix Biol. 28:211-220, 2009.