Transglutaminase 2 cross-linking of matrix proteins: Biological significance and medical applications

Amino Acids

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 659-670

  Collighan, R J ^a   Griffin, M ^a  

^a ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biomaterials; Cross linking; Extracellular matrix; TG2; Tissue transglutaminase

Indexed keywords

BIOMATERIAL; BIOPOLYMER; COLLAGEN; DENDRIMER; ELASTIN; GELATIN; MACROGOL; MATRIX PROTEIN; PEPTIDE DERIVATIVE; POLYAMIDOAMINE; POLYCAPROLACTONE; POLYGLACTIN; POLYLACTIC ACID; POLYPEPTIDE; PROTEIN GLUTAMINE GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE 2;

BIOCOMPATIBILITY; CELL SURVIVAL; CROSS LINKING; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FIBROSIS; HUMAN; NEOPLASM; NONHUMAN; PATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN SECRETION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW; SCAR FORMATION; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TISSUE REPAIR; WOUND HEALING;

ANIMALS; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX PROTEINS; FIBROSIS; GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; TRANSGLUTAMINASES;

EID: 62949217561     PISSN: 09394451     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00726-008-0190-y     Document Type: Review

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