The recombinant C-terminus of the human MUC2 mucin forms dimers in Chinese-hamster ovary cells and heterodimers with full-length MUC2 in LS 174T cells

Biochemical Journal

Volumn 372, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 335-345

  Lidell, Martin E ^a   Johansson, Malin E V ^a   Mörgelin, Matthias ^b   Asker, Noomi ^a   Gum Jr , James R ^c   Kim, Young S ^c   Hansson, Gunnar C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Chinese hamster ovary cell; Dimerization; Electron microscopy; Endoplasmic reticulum; Mucin

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODIES; CELLS; DIMERIZATION; DIMERS; MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION; MONOMERS; PROTEINS;

MOLECULAR ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

DNA;

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; CYSTEINE; DIMER; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; HYBRID PROTEIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN KAPPA CHAIN; MUCIN 2; SERINE; THREONINE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CARCINOMA CELL; CELL LINE; CHO CELL; COLON CARCINOMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIMERIZATION; DISULFIDE BOND; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; ONCOGENE MYC; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN SECRETION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TANDEM REPEAT;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CHO CELLS; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; CRICETINAE; DIMERIZATION; DISULFIDES; DNA PRIMERS; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; GASTRIC MUCIN; GLYCOSIDE HYDROLASES; GLYCOSYLATION; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; HUMANS; HYDROFLUORIC ACID; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ISOTYPES; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MUCINS; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; PLASMIDS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRECIPITIN TESTS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-MYC; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; TRANSFECTION;

ANIMALIA; CRICETINAE; CRICETULUS GRISEUS; MURINAE;

EID: 0038677022     PISSN: 02646021     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/BJ20030003     Document Type: Article

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