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Lysyl oxidase activates the transcription activity of human collagene III promoter. Possible involvement of Ku antigen.
The Journal of biological chemistry - 17 Nov 2000
Giampuzzi M, Botti G, Di Duca M, Arata L, Ghiggeri G, Gusmano R, Ravazzolo R, Di Donato A
Abstract excerpt
Lysyl oxidase is an extracellular enzyme that controls the maturation of collagen and elastin. Lysyl oxidase and collagen III often show similar expression patterns in fibrotic tissues. Therefore, we investigated the influence of lysyl oxidase overexpression on the promoter activity of human COL3A1 gene. Our results showed that when COS-7 cells overexpressed the mature form of lysyl oxidase, the activity of the...
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