Desmosines in human urine. Amounts in early development and in Marfan's syndrome
- 1 March 1981
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Portland Press Ltd. in Biochemical Journal
- Vol. 193 (3) , 915-918
- https://doi.org/10.1042/bj1930915
Abstract
Desmosines from 24 h human urine samples were isolated, characterized and quantified. The desmosines are in peptidyl form (1000–1500 molecular weight), and their amount is decreased by two-thirds between 7 and 25 years of age. Patients with Marfan's syndrome have significantly lower urinary amounts of desmosines than do comparable controls during the early development period.This publication has 18 references indexed in Scilit:
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