The role of tissue transglutaminase in cell-matrix interactions

Frontiers in Bioscience

Volumn 11, Issue 1 P.889-1198, 2006, Pages 1057-1076

  Zemskov, Evgeny A ^a   Janiak, Anna ^a   Hang, Jun ^a   Waghray, Anu ^a   Belkin, Alexey M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell Adhesion; Cell Migration; Fibronectin; Integrin; Matrix Assembly; Protein Cross Linking; Review; Transglutaminase

Indexed keywords

EID: 32844466022     PISSN: 27686701     EISSN: 27686698     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2741/1863     Document Type: Review

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