Expression of membrane type 1 matrix met
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Nor Eddine Sounni; Eugenia N. Baramova; Carine Munaut; Erik Maquoi; Francis Fran
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Article
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2001
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John Wiley and Sons
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French
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## Abstract Membrane‐type metalloproteinase‐1 (MT1‐MMP) is a transmembrane metalloproteinase overexpressed in tumors, which plays a major role in the first step of pro‐MMP‐2 activation, leading to the generation of an intermediate 62 kDa species. The second step of MMP‐2 activation that yields to t