How Matrix Metalloproteinases Regulate Cell Behavior
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عنوان ژورنال: Annual Review of Cell and Developmental Biology
سال: 2001
ISSN: 1081-0706,1530-8995
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.cellbio.17.1.463