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Structure and function of matrix metalloproteinases and TIMPs.

Hideaki Nagase, R. Visse, Gillian Murphy

2006.2.15CARDIOVASCULAR RESEARCH

DOI: 10.1016/j.cardiores.2005.12.002

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The members of the MMP family are introduced and their domain structure and function, proenyme activation, the mechanism of inhibition by TIMPs and their significance in physiology and pathology are discussed.

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NAGASE, Hideaki; VISSE, R.; MURPHY, Gillian. Structure and function of matrix metalloproteinases and TIMPs. CARDIOVASCULAR RESEARCH, 2006, 69 3: 562–73.