Functional significance of globotriaosyl
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Aye-Aye Khine; Clifford A. Lingwood
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Article
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2000
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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The N-terminus of the type 1 interferon receptor subunit, IFNAR1, has high amino acid sequence similarity to the receptor binding B subunit of the Escherichia coli-derived verotoxin 1, VT1. The glycolipid, globotriaosyl ceramide (Gb 3 : Gal ␣ 1 3 4 Gal  1 3 4 Glu  1 3 1 Cer) is the specific cell r