Matrix Metalloproteinase-7 Activation of Mouse Paneth Cell Pro- -defensins SER2ILE PROTEOLYSIS ENABLES MEMBRANE-DISRUPTIVE ACTIVITY*
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Colby S. Weeks, Hiroki Tanabe, Jason E. Cummings, Steve P. Crampton , Tanya Sheynis**, Raz Jelinek**, T. Kyle Vanderlick, Melanie J. Cocco , and Andre J. Ouellette ‡‡1 From the Departments of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, Molecular Biology & Biochemistry, and Microbiology & Molecular Genetics, and Center for Immunology, University of California, Irvine, California 92697-4800, the Third Department of Internal Medicine, Asahikawa Medical College, Asahikawa, Hokkaido 078, Japan, the Department of Chemical Engineering, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544, and the **Department of Chemistry, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beersheva 84105, Israel
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تاریخ انتشار 2006