Collagenolytic Activity in Mammalian Bone
- 18 October 1963
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 142 (3590) , 386-387
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.142.3590.386
Abstract
Collagen from bone was incubated with bone-cell homogenate. At the end of incubation the collagen had been partially broken down to ultrafiltrable units indicating that ferments with collagenolytic activity, which can be released by homogenization, exist in bone cells.Keywords
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