Differential Processing of α- and β-Defensin Precursors by Matrix Metalloproteinase-7 (MMP-7)
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- 1 March 2009
- journal article
- Published by Elsevier in Journal of Biological Chemistry
- Vol. 284 (13) , 8301-8311
- https://doi.org/10.1074/jbc.m809744200
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