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Matrix Metalloproteinases are required for membrane motility and lumenogenesis during Drosophila heart development.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2017
Raza Qanber S, Vanderploeg Jessica L, Jacobs J Roger
Abstract excerpt
Matrix Metalloproteinases (Mmps) degrade glycoproteins and proteoglycans of the extracellular matrix (ECM) or cell surface and are crucial for morphogenesis. Mmps and their inhibitors are expressed during early stages of cardiac development in vertebrates and expression is altered in multiple congenital cardiomyopathies such as cardia bifida. Drosophila genome encodes two copies of Mmps, Mmp1 and Mmp2 whereas in...
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