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The erythropoietin receptor transmembrane domain mediates complex formation with viral anemic and polycythemic gp55 proteins.
The Journal of biological chemistry - 31 Oct 2003
Constantinescu Stefan N, Keren Tzvia, Russ William P, Ubarretxena-Belandia Iban, Malka Yaniv, Kubatzky Katharina F, Engelman Donald M, Lodish Harvey F, Henis Yoav I
Abstract excerpt
Erythropoietin receptor (EpoR) activation is crucial for mature red blood cell production. The murine EpoR can also be activated by the envelope protein of the polycythemic (P) spleen focus forming virus (SFFV), gp55-P. Due to differences in the TM sequence, gp55 of the anemic (A) strain SFFV, gp55-A, cannot efficiently activate the EpoR. Using antibody-mediated immunofluorescence co-patching, we show that the...
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