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Alternative splicing determines the binding of platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF-AA) to glycosaminoglycans.
Biochemistry - 17 Sept 1996
Lustig F, Hoebeke J, Ostergren-Lundèn G, Velge-Roussel F, Bondjers G, Olsson U, Rüetschi U, Fager G
Abstract excerpt
We have shown previously that the platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF) and a synthetic oligopeptide, corresponding to the basic carboxyl-terminal amino acid extension of the long PDGF-A isoform, bind to heparin. Here, we have expressed the long (rA125) and the short (rA109) variants of PDGF A-chains in Escherichia coli and produced the functional homodimers. Surface plasmon resonance analyses showed that while...
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