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A head-activator binding protein is present in hydra in a soluble and a membrane-anchored form.
Development (Cambridge, England) - 1 Sept 1999
Hampe W, Urny J, Franke I, Hoffmeister-Ullerich S A, Herrmann D, Petersen C M, Lohmann J, Schaller H C
Abstract excerpt
The neuropeptide head activator plays an important role for proliferation and determination of stem cells in hydra. By affinity chromatography a 200 kDa head-activator binding protein, HAB, was isolated from the multiheaded mutant of Chlorohydra viridissima. Partial amino acid sequences were used to clone the HAB cDNA which coded for a receptor with a unique alignment of extracellular modules, a transmembrane...
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