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The evolution of the vertebrate metzincins; insights from Ciona intestinalis and Danio rerio

BACKGROUND: The metzincins are a large gene superfamily of proteases characterized by the presence of a zinc protease domain, and include the ADAM, ADAMTS, BMP1/TLL, meprin and MMP genes. Metzincins are involved in the proteolysis of a wide variety of proteins, including those of the extracellular m...

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Autores principales: Huxley-Jones, Julie, Clarke, Toni-Kim, Beck, Christine, Toubaris, George, Robertson, David L, Boot-Handford, Raymond P
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2007
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1867822/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17439641
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2148-7-63