Matrix metalloproteinases belong to a family of zinc-dependent enzymes capable of degrading extracellular matrix and basement membrane components. Their expression is greatly modulated by cytokines and growth factors and involves the gene products of the Fos and Jun families of oncogenes. After extr
Regulation of metalloproteinase gene expression in normal and abnormal corneal repair
β Scribed by ME Fini; MT Girard; M Matsubara; JW Magner; M Mody; W Rinehart; KJ Strissel
- Book ID
- 115894518
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1992
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 127 KB
- Volume
- 55
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0014-4835
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