Proprotein and prohormone convertases: a family of subtilases generating diverse bioactive polypeptides.

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Published in Brain Res on November 27, 1999

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N G Seidah1, M Chrétien

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1: Laboratories of Biochemical and Molecular Neuroendocrinology and the Protein Engineering Network of Centres of Excellence, Clinical Research Institute of Montreal, Canada. seidahn@ircm.qc.ca

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