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- noun biochemistry Any of a class of
enzymes that catalyse thehydrolysis ofchondroitin sulfate proteoglycans .
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Examples
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She injected 3-month-old rats with an enzyme called chondroitinase ABC that breaks down CSPGs.
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Nature showed that treatment with chondroitinase, in combination with a peripheral nerve graft, led to significant recovery of diaphragmatic function in a preclinical model of spinal cord injury.
unknown title 2011
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Edwardsiella tarda rpoS: effect on serum resistance, chondroitinase activity, biofilm formation, and autoinducer synthetases expression.
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He says the enzyme, chondroitinase ABC (chABC), is heat sensitive and must be repeatedly injected or infused into the body to work.
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2005 Combining Schwann cell bridges and olfactory-ensheathing glia grafts with chondroitinase promotes locomotor recovery after complete transection of the spinal cord.
The Other Brain R. Douglas Fields 2009
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2001 Regeneration of CNS axons back to their target following treatment of adult rat brain with chondroitinase ABC.
The Other Brain R. Douglas Fields 2009
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