Molecular and Cellular Pharmacology Tailoring elastase inhibition with synthetic peptides
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Andreia Vasconcelos , Nuno G. Azoia , Ana C. Carvalho , Andreia C. Gomes , Georg Güebitz , Artur Cavaco-Paulo ⁎ a Universidade do Minho, Departamento de Engenharia Têxtil, Campus de Azurém, 4800-058, Guimarães, Portugal b Centre of Molecular and Environmental Biology (CBMA), Department of Biology, Campus de Gualtar, 4710-057, Braga, Portugal c Department of Environmental Biotechnology, Graz University of Technology, A-8010 Graz, Austria
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