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Lysyl Oxidase (rasRecision Gene) Expression in Human Amnion: Ontogeny and Cellular Localization1
1 Jan 1997
Abstract excerpt
The tensile strength of human fetal membranes is attributable to interstitial collagens of the zona compacta of the avascular amnion. Collagen fiber strength and proteolytic resistance is provided by inter and intramolecular cross-links of collagen fibrils, which are formed in a series of reactions initiated by lysyl oxidase. Lysyl oxidase activity in amnion tissues varied by more than 400-fold in a highly...
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