Organization of uroplakin subunits: Transmembrane topology, pair formation and plaque composition

Biochemical Journal

Volumn 355, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 13-18

  Liang, F X ^a   Riedel, I ^a   Deng, F M ^a   Zhou, G ^a   Xu, C ^a   Wu, X R ^a   Kong, X P ^a   Moll, R ^a   Sun, T T ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bladder epithelium; Differentiation; Tetraspanin; Urothelium

Indexed keywords

CELLS; ENZYMES; ION EXCHANGERS; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODIES; POSITIVE IONS;

PROTEOLYSIS;

BIOCHEMISTRY;

CHYMOTRYPSIN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; UROPLAKIN;

ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; FRACTIONATION; ION EXCHANGE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN DENATURATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; UROTHELIUM;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CATION EXCHANGE RESINS; CATTLE; CHROMATOGRAPHY, ION EXCHANGE; CHYMOTRYPSIN; ENDOTHELIUM; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; URINARY BLADDER;

EID: 0035310999     PISSN: 02646021     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/0264-6021:3550013     Document Type: Article

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