Lo, and the niche is knit: Lysyl oxidase activity and maintenance of lung, aorta, and skin integrity

American Journal of Pathology

Volumn 167, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 921-922

  Warburton, David ^a,b   Shi, Wei ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL LOS ANGELES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN FIBER; ELASTIN; PROTEIN LYSINE 6 OXIDASE;

AORTA; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; GENE; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; LOX GENE; LUNG; LUNG ALVEOLUS; LUNG ALVEOLUS SURFACE TENSION; LUNG COMPLIANCE; LUNG DEVELOPMENT; LUNG DISEASE; LUNG GAS EXCHANGE; NONHUMAN; NOTE; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN; STEM CELL;

EID: 26244432976     PISSN: 00029440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9440(10)61181-9     Document Type: Note

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