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Defect in tyrosine kinase activity of the insulin receptor from a patient with insulin resistance and acanthosis nigricans.
The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism - 1 Apr 1990
Yamamoto R, Shiba T, Tobe K, Shibasaki Y, Koshio O, Izumi T, Odawara M, Mikami Y, Matsuura N, Akanuma Y
Abstract excerpt
We report here a defect in tyrosine kinase activity of the insulin receptor from an insulin-resistant patient with acanthosis nigricans using cultured Ebstein-Barr virus (EBV)-transformed B-lymphocytes. As judged by affinity labeling and immunoblotting, the alpha- and beta-subunits of insulin receptors from the patient's lymphocytes exhibited the same mol wt as those from control subjects. Lectin-purified...
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