Journal article
Studies on Cross-Linked Regions of Elastin
Abstract
Elastin, a protein of unique elasticity and tensile strength, is a connective tissue component. Like most elastomers, it consists of randomly coiled polymer chains, joined together by cross-links into an extensible, three dimensional network. The major cross-links of elastin are formed as the result of the deamination of three out of four lysine side chains which subsequently condense to give desmosine or isodesmosine cross-links. We made a …
Authors
Anwar RA; Gerber GE; Baig KH
Journal
Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, Vol. 86B, , pp. 709–727
Publisher
Springer Nature
Publication Date
1977
DOI
10.1007/978-1-4757-9113-6_39
ISSN
0065-2598