Publication Date:
1984-04-20
Description:
Human epidermoid carcinoma A431 cells in culture produce a soluble 105-kilodalton protein which, by the criteria of epidermal growth factor (EGF) binding, recognition by monoclonal and polyclonal antibodies to the EGF receptor, amino-terminal sequence analysis and carbohydrate content, is related to the cell surface domain of the EGF receptor. The high rate of production and the finding that with biosynthetic labeling the specific activity of this 105-kilodalton protein exceeds that of the intact receptor indicate that it is not derived from membrane-bound mature receptor but is separately produced by the cell. These cells thus separately synthesize an EGF receptor that is inserted into the membrane and an EGF receptor-related protein that is secreted.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Weber, W -- Gill, G N -- Spiess, J -- AM13149/AM/NIADDK NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1984 Apr 20;224(4646):294-7.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/6324343" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
Keywords:
Amino Acid Sequence
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Antibodies, Monoclonal/immunology
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Carbohydrates/analysis
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Carcinoma, Squamous Cell/*metabolism
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Cell Line
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Epidermal Growth Factor/metabolism
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Glycoproteins/analysis/*biosynthesis
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Humans
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Kinetics
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Molecular Weight
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Receptor, Epidermal Growth Factor
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Receptors, Cell Surface/analysis/immunology/metabolism
Print ISSN:
0036-8075
Electronic ISSN:
1095-9203
Topics:
Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Computer Science
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Medicine
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Natural Sciences in General
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Physics
