Soluble and membrane isoforms of Fas/CD9
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Kazuyuki Sugahara; Yasuaki Yamada; Youichi Hiragata; Yuzi Matsuo; Kazuto Tsuruda
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Article
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1997
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John Wiley and Sons
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French
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Fas, also designated as Apo-1 and CD95, is a cell membrane receptor (mFas) involved in apoptotic cell death. A soluble form (sFas) lacking the transmembrane domain due to alternative splicing has been isolated. Abnormal expression of sFas and mFas is likely to be involved in lymphoproliferative diso