Table I.

ECM-Response Elements Identified to Date

Element	Gene	Type of ECM	Cell type	Organism	References
BCE-I enhancer	β-casein	IrECM	Mammary epithelial	Cow	Schmidhauser et al., 1992
Promoter	Erα	Laminin	Mammary epithelial	Mouse	Novaro et al., 2004
Enhancer	Albumin	Collagen	Hepatocytes	Mouse	DiPersio et al., 1991
Proximal G-string	LpSl	Collagen	Aboral ectoderm	Sea urchin	Seid et al., 1997
Promoter	MMTV	lrECM	Mammary epithelial	Mouse	Schmidhauser et al., 1994
Enhancer	SV40a	lrECM	Mammary epithelial	Mouse	Schmidhauser et al., 1994
Enhancer	CMVb	lrECM	Mammary epithelial	Mouse	Schmidhauser et al., 1994

^aSV4O represents Simian vacuolating virus 40.

^bCMV represents cytomegalovirus enhancer.