Mammalian transglutaminases: A family portrait

Progress in Experimental Tumor Research

Volumn 38, Issue , 2005, Pages 1-18

  Mehta, Kapil ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN GLUTAMINE GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; HUMAN; MAMMAL; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; HUMANS; MAMMALS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSGLUTAMINASES;

EID: 14544287324     PISSN: 00796263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1159/000084229     Document Type: Review

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