AMINO-ACID AND CDNA SEQUENCES OF A VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL-CELL MITOGEN THAT IS HOMOLOGOUS TO PLATELET-DERIVED GROWTH-FACTOR

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作者
CONN, G [1 ]
BAYNE, ML [1 ]
SODERMAN, DD [1 ]
KWOK, PW [1 ]
SULLIVAN, KA [1 ]
PALISI, TM [1 ]
HOPE, DA [1 ]
THOMAS, KA [1 ]
机构
[1] MERCK SHARP & DOHME LTD,DEPT BIOCHEM,ROOM 80W-243,POB 2000,RAHWAY,NJ 07065
关键词
cancer; evolution; neurobiology; protein growth factor;
D O I
10.1073/pnas.87.7.2628
中图分类号
O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];
学科分类号
07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
摘要
Glioma-derived vascular endothelial cell growth factor (GD-VEGF) is a 46-kDa dimeric glycoprotein mitogen with apparently greater specificity for vascular endothelial cells than the well-characterized fibroblast growth factors. The GD-VEGF cDNA sequence encodes a 190-amino acid residue subunit that is converted, by removal of an amino-terminal hydrophobic secretory leader sequence, to the mature 164-residue subunit characterized by direct amino acid sequencing. The GD-VEGF homodimeric subunit is homologous to the platelet-derived growth factor A and B chains and its oncogene homologue v-sis.
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页码:2628 / 2632
页数:5
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