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Localization of collagenase in normal rat liver is studied by the electron-histochemical method. Enzyme activity is detected in Kupffer and endothelial cells and on hepatocyte microvilli.
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Translated fromByulleten' Eksperimental'noi Biologii i Meditsiny, Vol. 121, No 1, pp. 98–100, January, 1996
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Ryvnyak, V.V., Gudumak, V.S. & Onya, E.S. Electron-histochemical localization of liver collagenase. Bull Exp Biol Med 121, 90–91 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02445716
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