Overview: The word crosslinking implies durable combination of usually large, distinct elements at specific places to create a new entity that has different properties as a result of the union. In the case of proteins, such crosslinking often results in important changes in chemical, physical, functional, nutritional, and biome dical properties, besides physical properties simply related to molecular size and shape. (Nucleic acids, carbohydrates~ glyco proteins, and other biopolymers are correspondingly affected.) Since proteins are ubiquitous, the consequences of their crosslin king are wi
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