1991
Ankyrin binds to the 15th repetitive unit of erythroid and nonerythroid beta-spectrin.
Kennedy S, Warren S, Forget B, Morrow J. Ankyrin binds to the 15th repetitive unit of erythroid and nonerythroid beta-spectrin. Journal Of Cell Biology 1991, 115: 267-277. PMID: 1833409, PMCID: PMC2289929, DOI: 10.1083/jcb.115.1.267.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAmino-terminal halfRepeat unitsCarboxy-terminal halfCOOH-terminal thirdProkaryotic expression systemNonerythroid cellsIntegral proteinsErythrocyte membrane vesiclesBeta spectrinResidue segmentExpression systemAnkyrinNuclease digestionNonhomologous segmentsMembrane vesiclesTerminal thirdAttachment of spectrinNative spectrinSpectrinAmino acidsPosition 45RepeatsSedimentation velocity experimentsRepetitive unitsCDNA
1988
Comparison of nonerythroid alpha-spectrin genes reveals strict homology among diverse species.
Leto T, Fortugno-Erikson D, Barton D, Yang-Feng T, Francke U, Harris A, Morrow J, Marchesi V, Benz E. Comparison of nonerythroid alpha-spectrin genes reveals strict homology among diverse species. Molecular And Cellular Biology 1988, 8: 1-9. PMID: 3336352, PMCID: PMC363070, DOI: 10.1128/mcb.8.1.1.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAlpha-spectrin geneErythroid alpha-spectrin geneHuman chromosome 9Alpha-spectrin chainComparison of sequencesCarboxy-terminal sequenceErythroid genesDiverse speciesExpression libraryChromosome 1Hydrophobic residuesErythroid spectrinAlpha-spectrinFilamentous proteinsFunctional sitesGenesChromosome 9Human cloneStrict homologyRepeat patternCell membraneInvariant tryptophanSpectrinPeptide sequencesCDNAComparison of Nonerythroid α-Spectrin Genes Reveals Strict Homology among Diverse Species
Leto T, Fortugno-Erikson D, Barton D, Yang-Feng T, Francke U, Harris A, Morrow J, Marchesi V, Benz E. Comparison of Nonerythroid α-Spectrin Genes Reveals Strict Homology among Diverse Species. Molecular And Cellular Biology 1988, 8: 1-9. DOI: 10.1128/mcb.8.1.1-9.1988.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchΑ-spectrin geneHuman chromosome 9Comparison of sequencesCarboxy-terminal sequenceErythroid genesDiverse speciesSpectrin geneExpression libraryChromosome 1Hydrophobic residuesErythroid spectrinFilamentous proteinsFunctional sitesGenesChromosome 9Human cloneStrict homologyΑ-spectrinRepeat patternCell membraneInvariant tryptophanSpectrinPeptide sequencesCDNASpecies