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Collagenolytic Activity of Sarcoma Tissues in Culture

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THE possibility that the invasiveness of malignant tissues may result from collagenolytic action of tumour cells was early considered1–3. This idea, however, was not supported by subsequent efforts to isolate a specific enzyme from neoplastic tissues or by attempts to obtain lysis of collagen enclosed in perfusion chambers embedded in tumour bearing animals4.

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    A. CECIL TAYLOR, BARNET M. LEVY & JOHN W. SIMPSON

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TAYLOR, A., LEVY, B. & SIMPSON, J. Collagenolytic Activity of Sarcoma Tissues in Culture. Nature 228, 366–367 (1970). https://doi.org/10.1038/228366a0

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