A defined epitope on the human choriogonadotropin α-subunit interacts with the second extracellular loop of the transmembrane domain of the lutropin/choriogonadotropin receptor

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 241, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 627-632

  Couture, Laurence ^a,b   Remy, Jean Jacques ^a   Rabesona, Hanitra ^b   Troalen, Frédéric ^c   Pajot Augy, Edith ^a   Bozon, Véronique ^a   Haertle, Thomas ^b   Bidart, Jean Michel ^c   Salesse, Roland ^a  

^a INRA ^*  (France)

^b CEMAGREF   (France)

^c INSTITUT GUSTAVE ROUSSY   (France)

Author keywords

Antibody; Hormone receptor interaction; Lutropin choriogonadotropin receptor; Peptide mapping

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; EPITOPE; HORMONE RECEPTOR;

ARTICLE; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; PEPTIDE MAPPING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; RECEPTOR BINDING; RECOGNITION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BINDING SITES; CHO CELLS; CRICETINAE; CYCLIC AMP; EPITOPES; GLYCOPROTEIN HORMONES, ALPHA SUBUNIT; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; RABBITS; RECEPTORS, LH; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 0029910563     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-1033.1996.00627.x     Document Type: Article

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