Evidences for a role of protein cross-links in transglutaminase-related disease

Amino Acids

Volumn 42, Issue 2-3, 2012, Pages 975-986

  Tabolacci, Claudio ^a   Lentini, Alessandro ^a   Provenzano, Bruno ^a   Beninati, Simone ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Polyamines; Post translational modifications; Protein cross link; Transglutaminases

Indexed keywords

BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 13A; PROTEIN GLUTAMINE GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; PROTEIN;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; BLOOD CLOTTING; CATARACT; CELIAC DISEASE; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1 INFECTION; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; PARKINSON DISEASE; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN AGGREGATION; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN CROSS LINKING; REVIEW; ANIMAL; METABOLISM; MOUSE;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; MICE; PROTEINS; TRANSGLUTAMINASES;

EID: 84861694176     PISSN: 09394451     EISSN: 14382199     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00726-011-1011-2     Document Type: Review

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