A Key Role for Mast Cell Chymase in the Activation of Pro-matrix Metalloprotease-9 and Pro-matrix Metalloprotease-2
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- 1 March 2005
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- Published by Elsevier in Journal of Biological Chemistry
- Vol. 280 (10), 9291-9296
- https://doi.org/10.1074/jbc.m410396200
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