A lysine-rich motif in the phosphatidylserine receptor PSR-1 mediates recognition and removal of apoptotic cells

Nature Communications

Volumn 6, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Yang, Hengwen ^a   Chen, Yu Zen ^a   Zhang, Yi ^b   Wang, Xiaohui ^c   Zhao, Xiang ^b   Godfroy, James I ^c   Liang, Qian ^b   Zhang, Man ^b   Zhang, Tianying ^d   Yuan, Quan ^d   Ann Royal, Mary ^e   Driscoll, Monica ^e   Xia, Ning Shao ^d   Yin, Hang ^b,c   Xue, Ding ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^d XIAMEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IRON; JMJC PROTEIN; LYSINE; PHOSPHATIDYLSERINE; PHOSPHATIDYLSERINE RECEPTOR 1; PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEIN; CELL SURFACE RECEPTOR; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; PRIMER DNA; PSR-1 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS;

APOPTOSIS; BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; MUTATION; NEMATODE; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; PROTEIN;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; GERM CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; LYSINE RICH MOTIF; NONHUMAN; OLIGOMERIZATION; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN MOTIF; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FLUORESCENCE; GENETICS; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TIME LAPSE IMAGING; TRANSGENIC ANIMAL; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

AMINO ACID MOTIFS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; APOPTOSIS; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA PRIMERS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FLUORESCENCE; GERM CELLS; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TIME-LAPSE IMAGING; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 84934931901     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms6717     Document Type: Article

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