Pregnancy‐associated plasma protein‐A (PAPP‐A) cleaves insulin‐like growth factor binding protein (IGFBP)‐5 independent of IGF: implications for the mechanism of IGFBP‐4 proteolysis by PAPP‐A
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- 20 August 2001
- journal article
- Published by Wiley in FEBS Letters
- Vol. 504 (1-2), 36-40
- https://doi.org/10.1016/s0014-5793(01)02760-0
Abstract
Pregnancy‐associated plasma protein‐A (PAPP‐A) has recently been identified as the proteinase responsible for cleavage of insulin‐like growth factor binding protein (IGFBP)‐4, an inhibitor of IGF act...Keywords
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