Homology models for domains 21-23 of human tropoelastin shed light on lysine crosslinking

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 396, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 870-873

  Dyksterhuis, L B ^a   Weiss, A S ^b  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Crosslinking; Hinge; Lysyl oxidase; Model; Tropoelastin

Indexed keywords

LYSINE; PROTEIN LYSINE 6 OXIDASE; TROPOELASTIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXON; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR MODEL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN CROSS LINKING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

HUMANS; LYSINE; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; PROTEIN-LYSINE 6-OXIDASE; STRUCTURAL HOMOLOGY, PROTEIN; TROPOELASTIN;

EID: 77953293604     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: 10902104     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2010.05.013     Document Type: Article

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