Lysyl oxidase: An oxidative enzyme and effector of cell function

Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences

Volumn 63, Issue 19-20, 2006, Pages 2304-2316

  Lucero, H A ^a   Kagan, H M ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Chemotaxis; Cofactor; Lysyl oxidase; Malignancy; Protein oxidation

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN; ELASTIN; OXIDIZED LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN RECEPTOR 1; OXIDOREDUCTASE; PROTEIN LYSINE 6 OXIDASE; RECOMBINANT LOX; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BIOSYNTHESIS; CATALYSIS; CELL FUNCTION; CHEMOTAXIS; ENZYME METABOLISM; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REVIEW; STOICHIOMETRY;

ANIMALS; CATALYSIS; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL TRANSFORMATION, NEOPLASTIC; CHEMOTAXIS; COENZYMES; LYSINE; MODELS, MOLECULAR; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PROTEIN PROCESSING, POST-TRANSLATIONAL; PROTEIN-LYSINE 6-OXIDASE; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

EID: 33750437433     PISSN: 1420682X     EISSN: 15691632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00018-006-6149-9     Document Type: Review

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