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Degradation of small leucine-rich repeat proteoglycans by matrix metalloprotease-13: identification of a new biglycan cleavage site

Jordi Monfort1, Ginette Tardif1, Pascal Reboul1, François Mineau1, Peter Roughley2, Jean-Pierre Pelletier1 and Johanne Martel-Pelletier1*

1 Osteoarthritis Research Unit, University of Montreal Hospital Centre, Notre-Dame Hospital, 1560 Sherbrooke Street East, Montreal, Quebec H2L 4M1, Canada

2 Genetics Unit, Shriner's Hospital for Children, 1529 Cedar Avenue, Montreal, Quebec H3G 1A6, Canada

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Arthritis Research & Therapy 2006, 8:R26 doi:10.1186/ar1873

Published: 3 January 2006

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