Tissue transglutaminase: An enzyme with a split personality

International Journal of Biochemistry and Cell Biology

Volumn 31, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 817-836

  Chen, Jack S K ^a   Mehta, Kapil ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; G protein; Post translational modification; Protein crosslinking; Retinoic acid

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ADRENALIN; BUTYRIC ACID; DEXAMETHASONE; EFLORNITHINE; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; INOSITOL TRISPHOSPHATE; INTERLEUKIN 6; PHOSPHOLIPASE C; PROTEIN GLUTAMINE GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; RETINOIC ACID; RETINOID; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

APOPTOSIS; CROSS LINKING; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; ENZYME STRUCTURE; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; LEWY BODY; NONHUMAN; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; REVIEW; SENILE PLAQUE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 0032866851     PISSN: 13572725     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1357-2725(99)00045-X     Document Type: Article

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