Proteolytic activation of latent transforming growth factor-beta from fibroblast-conditioned medium.

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Published in J Cell Biol on May 01, 1988

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R M Lyons1, J Keski-Oja, H L Moses

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1: Department of Cell Biology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee 37232.

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