Identifying protein production in wound healing: current techniques
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Characterizing Epithelial Wound Healing In Vivo Using the Cnidarian Model Organism Clytia hemisphaerica
Published on: February 10, 2023
J M Pleat1, H F Hebestreit, R A Dwek
1Stoke Mandeville Hospital, Aylesbury, UK. jonathon.pleat@jesus.ox.ac.uk
Journal of Wound Care
|March 21, 2002
Abstract:
Proteins regulate would healing. Knowledge of the proteins present in poorly healing wounds may reveal new targets for treatment. This article describes how proteomics can be used to help identify the proteins involved in would healing.
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