Protein Cross-linking Mediated by Tissue Transglutaminase Correlates with the Maturation of Extracellular Matrices during Lung Development

American Journal of Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 334-343

  Schittny, Johannes C ^a   Paulsson, Mats ^b   Vallan, Claudio ^b   Burri, Peter H ^b   Kedei, Noemi ^b   Aeschlimann, Daniel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAMMALIA;

CROSS LINKING REAGENT; DIPEPTIDE; EPSILON (GAMMA GLUTAMYL) LYSINE; EPSILON-(GAMMA-GLUTAMYL)-LYSINE; MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN GLUTAMINE GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE;

ANIMAL; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ENZYMOLOGY; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FEMALE; FETUS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; LUNG; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; RAT; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; CROSS-LINKING REAGENTS; DIPEPTIDES; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FEMALE; FETUS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; LUNG; PREGNANCY; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RNA, MESSENGER; TRANSGLUTAMINASES;

EID: 0031228921     PISSN: 10441549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1165/ajrcmb.17.3.2737     Document Type: Article

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