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Characterization of Human Thrombospondin-4
1 Feb 1995
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The thrombospondins are a family of extracellular calcium binding proteins that are involved in cell proliferation, adhesion, and migration. We have sequenced full-length human thrombospondin-4 and characterized the recombinant protein. In contrast to Xenopus laevis thrombospondin-4, the human protein contains an RGD cell binding sequence in the third type 3 repeat. Transfection of mouse NIH3T3 fibroblasts or...
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