Dimerization of Kit-ligand and efficient cell-surface presentation requires a conserved Ser-Gly-Gly-Tyr motif in its transmembrane domain

FASEB Journal

Volumn 23, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 3037-3048

  Paulhe, Frédérique ^a   Wehrle Haller, Monique ^a   Jacquier, Marie Claude ^a   Imhof, Beat A ^a   Tabone Eglinger, Séverine ^a,b   Wehrle Haller, Bernhard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

Author keywords

Bimolecular fluorescence complementation; c Kit; Evolution; Flt3 L; Growth factors; Intracellular transport

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID DERIVATIVE; GROWTH FACTOR; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; SERYLGLYCYLGLYCYLTHREONINE; STEM CELL FACTOR; STEM CELL FACTOR RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; CELL CULTURE; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; CELL MIGRATION; CELL POPULATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL SURFACE; CELL SURVIVAL; CYTOLOGY; DIMERIZATION; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; FLUORESCENCE; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; GERM CELL; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL; MAST CELL; MELANOCYTE; MORPHOGENESIS; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; TELEOST; WESTERN BLOTTING; WILD TYPE;

AMINO ACID MOTIFS; ANIMALS; CELL LINE; CELL MEMBRANE; CERCOPITHECUS AETHIOPS; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; COS CELLS; DOGS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICE; PROTEIN MULTIMERIZATION; STEM CELL FACTOR;

TELEOSTEI; TETRAPODA;

EID: 70349326733     PISSN: 08926638     EISSN: 15306860     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1096/fj.09-129577     Document Type: Article

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