Measurements, zymographic analysis, and characterization of matrix metalloproteinase-2 and -9 in healthy human umbilical cord blood [10]

Clinical Chemistry

Volumn 50, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 1715-1717

  Mannello, Ferdinando ^a   Luchetti, Francesca ^a   Canonico, Barbara ^a   Falcieri, Elisabetta ^a,b   Papa, Stefano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF URBINO   (Italy)

^b RIZZOLI ORTHOPAEDIC INSTITUTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; CALCIUM; CITRATE SODIUM; EDETIC ACID; GELATINASE A; GELATINASE B; HEPARIN; LITHIUM; ZINC;

BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOASSAY; LETTER; LEUKOCYTE; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD; UMBILICAL VEIN; WESTERN BLOTTING; ZYMOGRAPHY;

CITRATES; EDETIC ACID; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; FEMALE; FETAL BLOOD; HEPARIN; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE 2; MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE 9; PREGNANCY; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; SPECIMEN HANDLING;

EID: 4344657810     PISSN: 00099147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1373/clinchem.2004.036061     Document Type: Letter

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