A mitogenic factor from 3T3 plasma membranes has been identified and partially characterized. The factor appears to be a peripheral membrane protein that can be released by mild trypsin, chymotrypsin, or plasmin treatment. This component is sensitive to heat and acid, and has a molecular weight in t
Regulation of the metabolism of plasma membrane proteins in hepatocytes
β Scribed by Darrell Doyle; Anh V. Le
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1981
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 406 KB
- Volume
- 1
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0270-9139
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β¦ Synopsis
The protein composition of the plasma membrane of animal cells is complex. Cells of hepatocyte origin in tissue culture have, for example, at least 100 proteins and glycoproteins externally oriented on their plasma membrane (1, 2). The organization of these proteins in the plasma membrane of cells in tissue culture is relatively simple compared to the organization of the plasma membrane in the hepatocyte in the liver. Cells in culture often lack polarity and regional specializations of the plasma membrane, i.e., tight and gap junctions, bile canaliculi, etc., that characterize the same cell in situ. Carbohydrate
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