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. 1992 Sep;1(9):1225–1226. doi: 10.1002/pro.5560010915

A common domain within the proenzyme regions of the Drosophila snake and easter proteins and Tachypleus proclotting enzyme defines a new subfamily of serine proteases.

C L Smith 1, R DeLotto 1
PMCID: PMC2142178  PMID: 1304399

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