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Mice Lacking the Metalloprotease-Disintegrin MDC9 (ADAM9) Have No Evident Major Abnormalities during Development or Adult Life
1 Mar 2002
Abstract excerpt
MDC9 (ADAM9/meltrin gamma) is a widely expressed and catalytically active metalloprotease-disintegrin protein that has been implicated in the ectodomain cleavage of heparin-binding epidermal growth factor-like growth factor (HB-EGF) and as an alpha secretase for the amyloid precursor protein. In this study, we evaluated the expression of MDC9 during development and generated mice lacking MDC9 (mdc9(-/-) mice) to...
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