Assay of the Transformation of Collagen in situ

Abstract

HEIRKISEN E.. K. I V A S K -~ and E. KVLOSES. Atsay of the fmnsformatioti of collagcii in situ. . k t a physiol. scand. 1972. 84. 550-554.Skin extract of newborn rats increases the insolubilization of collagen in skin slices in citro. The effect is destroyed by heating and inhibited by lathyrogens. Purified collagen in the precipitated forni ia. on the contrary. transformed to the more soluble forms by skin extract.