Expression in mammalian cell cultures reveals interdependent, but distinct, functions for Star and Rhomboids proteins in the processing of the Drosophila transforming-growth-factor-α homologue Spitz

Biochemical Journal

Volumn 363, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 347-352

  Pascall, John C ^a   Luck, Jane E ^a   Brown, Kenneth D ^a  

^a BABRAHAM INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Epidermal growth factor; Protease

Indexed keywords

CELL CULTURE; GROWTH KINETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; PROTEINS;

PLASMA MEMBRANES;

BIOCHEMISTRY;

AMPHIREGULIN; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; NEU DIFFERENTIATION FACTOR; PROTEIN PRECURSOR; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR ALPHA RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL FATE; DROSOPHILA; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; GLYCOSYLATION; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MAMMAL CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN PROCESSING;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT, ACTIVE; CELL LINE; CELL MEMBRANE; COS CELLS; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMANS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; PROTEIN PROCESSING, POST-TRANSLATIONAL; RECEPTOR, EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SOLUBILITY; TRANSFECTION; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR ALPHA;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0037090712     PISSN: 02646021     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/0264-6021:3630347     Document Type: Article

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