Invasion of melanoma cells into dermal c
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Ralf Dennhöfer; Peter Kurschat; Paola Zigrino; Anke Klose; Anja Bosserhoff; Goos
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Article
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2003
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John Wiley and Sons
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French
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## Abstract Invasion of melanoma cells into the dermal connective tissue is a major characteristic in the complex process of metastasis. Proteases play an important role in tumor cell invasion as these enzymes are able to degrade most components of the extracellular matrix (ECM), and thus enable ce