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Biological activity of mutants of human tumour necrosis factor-alpha.
Immunology - 1 Jul 1992
Kircheis R, Milleck J, Korobko V G, Shingarova L N, Behnke D, Schmidt H E
Abstract excerpt
Point mutations in different regions of the tumour necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) molecule influence anti-tumour cytotoxic/cytostatic activities as well as haemorrhagic tumour necrosis, tumour regression and lethal toxicity in mice. Mutations in the C-terminal region in positions 150 and 155 markedly decrease cytotoxicity for murine L929 fibroblasts and human MCF7 mammary carcinoma cells. Competitive binding...
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