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Plasminogen Activation in the Bovine Udder

Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica volume 30, pages 103–105 (1989)Cite this article

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Plasmin is a serin protease with a broad substrate specificity which might cause disintegration of basal membranes, epithelium and surrounding matrix. Plasmin might also elicit degradation of tissue (Mullins & Rohrlich 1983).

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The work was supported by the Swedish Council for Forestry and Agricultural Research.

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  1. Institute of Biochemistry, Biomedical Center, University of Uppsala, Sweden

    Lotta Hedkvist, Stefan Höglund, Karin Persson & Olof Holmberg

  2. Departments of Obstetrics and Gynaecology and of Veterinary Microbiology, Section of Clinical Microbiology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, P. O. Box 7073, S-750 07, Uppsala, Sweden

    Lotta Hedkvist, Stefan Höglund, Karin Persson & Olof Holmberg

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Hedkvist, L., Höglund, S., Persson, K. et al. Plasminogen Activation in the Bovine Udder. Acta Vet Scand 30, 103–105 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1186/BF03548073

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