title: Tadpole collagenase, the single parent of such a large family.
abstract: This editorial review comments the development of the field of the matrix metalloproteinases that was initiated by the demonstration of the tadpole collagenase in 1962.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Connective Tissues Biology, University of Liège, Liège, Belgium. cm.lapiere@ulg.ac.be
authors.forename: Ch M
authors.initials: ChM
authors.lastname: Lapière
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001001:Anura; D017364:Collagenases / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000502:physiology*; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D007814:Larva / Q000201:enzymology / Q000254:growth & development; D008666:Metalloendopeptidases / Q000266:history*
chemical_list: D017364:Collagenases; D008666:Metalloendopeptidases