The human cysteine protease cathepsin V can compensate for murine cathepsin L in mouse epidermis and hair follicles

January 2004 in “ European Journal of Cell Biology ”

Sascha Hagemann, Thomas Günther, Julia Dennemärker, Tobias Lohmüller, Dieter Brömme, Roland Schüle, Christoph Peters, Thomas Reinheckel

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