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. 1960 Mar;74(3):600–607. doi: 10.1042/bj0740600

The chemistry of connective tissues. 5. The elastase activity of proteolytic enzymes*

J Thomas 1,†, S M Partridge 1
PMCID: PMC1204261  PMID: 13837981

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