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Site controlled transgenic mice validating increased expression from human matrix metalloproteinase (MMP-1) promoter due to a naturally occurring SNP.
Matrix biology : journal of the International Society for Matrix Biology - 1 Sept 2009
Coon Charles I, Fiering Steven, Gaudet Justin, Wyatt Colby A, Brinckerhoff Constance E
Abstract excerpt
Matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) comprise a family of more than 20 members, each with the ability to degrade components of the extracellular matrix. The interstitial collagenases have the unique capacity to degrade the stromal collagens, types I, II and III, the body's most abundant proteins. These collagenases include MMP-1, MMP-8, MMP-13 and MMP-14. MMP-1, with a very broad expression pattern, has major roles...
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