Regulation of gelatinase B (MMP-9) in leukocytes by plant lectins

B Dubois1, W J Peumans, E J Van Damme

  • 1Rega Institute for Medical Research, Laboratory of Molecular Immunology, University of Leuven, Belgium.

FEBS Letters
|June 2, 1998
PubMed

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