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Mutational analysis of thrombopoietin for identification of receptor and neutralizing antibody sites.
The Journal of biological chemistry - 15 Aug 1997
Pearce K H, Potts B J, Presta L G, Bald L N, Fendly B M, Wells J A
Abstract excerpt
Thrombopoietin (TPO) is a hematopoietin important for megakaryocyte proliferation and production of blood platelets. We sought to characterize how TPO binds and activates its receptor, myeloproliferative leukemia virus receptor. The erythropoietin-like domain of TPO (TPO1-153) has been fused to the gIII coat protein of M13 bacteriophage. Forty residues were chosen for mutation to alanine using the criteria that...
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