Human cartilage gp-39, a major secretory product of articular chondrocytes and synovial cells, is a mammalian member of a chitinase protein family.

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Published in J Biol Chem on December 05, 1993

Authors

B E Hakala1, C White, A D Recklies

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1: Joint Diseases Laboratory, Shriners Hospital for Crippled Children, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

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