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TACE is required for fetal murine cardiac development and modeling.
Developmental biology - 15 Sept 2003
Shi Wei, Chen Hui, Sun Jianping, Buckley Sue, Zhao Jingsong, Anderson Kathryn D, Williams Roberta G, Warburton David
Abstract excerpt
Tumor necrosis factor-alpha converting enzyme (TACE) is a membrane-anchored, Zn-dependent metalloprotease, which belongs to the ADAM (a disintegrin and metalloprotease) family. TACE functions as a membrane sheddase to release the ectodomain portions of many transmembrane proteins, including the precursors of TNFalpha, TGFalpha, several other cytokines, as well as the receptors for TNFalpha, and neuregulin...
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