Day 227 has 47 protein-coding genes (browser view) including 9 MMP genes (matrix metalloproteinase).
MMPs, or matrixins, are enzymes that break down the extracellular matrix. These important proteins were first discovered in 1962 when a tadpole fin was shown to break down a collagen plate.
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