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Wikipedia still cites a retracted paper on “TMPRSS6”
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The source
Matriptase-2, a membrane-bound mosaic serine proteinase predominantly expressed in human liver and showing degrading activity against extracellular matrix proteins
Gloria Velasco, Santiago Cal, Victor Quesada, Luis M Sanchez et al.
The Journal of Biological Chemistry · published July 2002 · cited 140 times by other papers
Retracted Jan 25, 2019
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Where Wikipedia cites it
- TMPRSS663 views a month · open since Nov 5Zombie
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