title: Acceleration of glucose-mediated crosslinking of collagen by free lysine.
abstract: Crosslinking occurred in collagen when it was incubated with glucose. Free lysine accelerated the crosslinking markedly.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Fujimoto
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Horiuchi
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002645:Chickens; D003094:Collagen / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism*; D005269:Femur; D005947:Glucose / Q000494:pharmacology*; D007700:Kinetics; D008239:Lysine / Q000494:pharmacology*; D046911:Macromolecular Substances; D013977:Tibia
chemical_list: D046911:Macromolecular Substances; D003094:Collagen; D005947:Glucose; D008239:Lysine