Anti-membrane-bound transferrin-like protein antibodies induce cell-shape change and chondrocyte differentiation in the presence or absence of concanavalin A.

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Membrane-bound transferrin-like protein (MTf), a glycosylphosphatidylinositol-anchored protein, is expressed at high levels in many tumors and in several fetal and adult tissues including cartilage and the intestine, as well as in the amyloid plaques of Alzheimer's disease, although its role remains unknown. MTf is one of the major concanavalin A-binding proteins of the cell surface. In this study, we examined...

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