Table of Contents

Partial table of contents:

Molecular Biophysics of Elastin Structure, Function and Pathology (D. Urry, et al.).

Ultrastructure of Elastin (I. Pasquali-Ronchetti, et al.).

GENERAL DISCUSSION I: HYDROXYLATION OF THE PENTAPEPTIDE VGVPG IN OVINE ELASTIN.

Structure of the Elastin Gene (J. Rosenbloom, et al.).

Catalytic Properties and Structural Components of Lysyl Oxidase (H. Kagan, et al.).

GENERAL DISCUSSION II: EVOLUTIONARY ASPECTS.

The Structure and Function of Fibrillin (D. Reinhardt, et al.).

Elastin Gene Mutations in Transgenic Mice (J. Sechler, et al.).

GENERAL DISCUSSION III: Elastin in Lung Development and Disease (R. Pierce, et al.).

Elastin in Systemic and Pulmonary Hypertension (F. Keeley & L. Bartoszewicz).

GENERAL DICUSSION IV: DEVELOPMENTAL REGULATION OF ELASTIN PRODUCTION.

Elastin in Blood Vessels (L. Robert, et al.).

GENERAL DISCUSSION V: THE NON-ENZYMIC GLYCATION OF ELASTIN.

Interaction of Tumour Cells with Elastin and the Metastatic Phenotype (J. Tímár, et al.).

A Role for Neutrophil Elastase in Solar Elastosis (B. Starcher & M. Conrad).

Indexes.

About the Author

Derek J. Chadwick and Jamie A. Goode are editors for The Molecular Biology and Pathology of Elastic Tissues and other scientific titles.