The healing of skin wounds is severely affected in mice with a targeted disruption of the plasminogen gene (pages 287–292).
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Vassalli, JD., Saurat, JH. Cuts and scrapes? Plasmin heals!. Nat Med 2, 284–285 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1038/nm0396-284
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