Covalent cross-links in collagen: A personal account of their discovery

Matrix Biology

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 385-391

  Bornstein, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Collagen; Covalent cross links; Cyanogen bromide; Lysyl aldehydes

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; COLLAGEN; COLLAGEN TYPE 1; COLLAGEN TYPE 2; CYANOGEN BROMIDE; GUANIDINE; HYDROXYLAMINE; PROTEIN SUBUNIT;

ALPHA CHAIN; AMINO ACID ANALYSIS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CHROMATOGRAPHY; COLLAGEN SYNTHESIS; COVALENT BOND; HUMAN; MODEL; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CROSS LINKING; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW; SKIN; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

EID: 0242606868     PISSN: 0945053X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0945-053X(03)00061-1     Document Type: Article

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