As part of our initiative to expand the scope of the Journal of Cellular Physiology, we are increasing our commitment to publish reviews that address timely issues with broad based relevance in rapidly moving fields. Matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs), the family of enzymes largely responsible for deg
Matrix metalloproteinases
โ Scribed by M. K. Roy; P. D. Carey
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1997
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 138 KB
- Volume
- 84
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0007-1323
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