DNA–protein cross-links (DPCs) represent a severe form of DNA damage that can disrupt essential chromatin-based processes. Among them, DNA–histone cross-links (DHCs) occur frequently within ...
Cross-linking polymers simply means adding bonds across polymer strands, explains Jeremy E. Wulff, a chemistry professor at the University of Victoria who led the work. Silicone bakeware, certain ...
The enzyme lysyl oxidase (LOX) initiates cross-linking in collagen, a structural protein that is the main component of the extracellular matrix in connective tissues, by converting lysyl amines to ...