Membrane-anchored forms of EGF stimulate focus formation and intercellular communication.
Dobashi Y, Stern DF. Membrane-anchored forms of EGF stimulate focus formation and intercellular communication. Oncogene 1991, 6: 1151-9. PMID: 1861865.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsCell CommunicationCell LineEpidermal Growth FactorErbB ReceptorsFibroblastsFluorescent Antibody TechniqueGene ExpressionGenes, ImmunoglobulinGenetic VectorsHeLa CellsImmunoblottingMembrane GlycoproteinsMembrane ProteinsPlasmidsProtein Sorting SignalsRatsRecombinant Fusion ProteinsSignal TransductionTransfectionViral Envelope ProteinsConceptsSoluble epidermal growth factorEpidermal growth factorEGF receptorFusion proteinFoci formationFunction of EGFG fusion proteinCytoplasmic domain sequencesMembrane-anchored formRat fibroblastsLarge propeptideTransmembrane domainAutocrine transformationPlasma membraneDomain sequencesExpression systemSoluble proteinForms of EGFIntercellular communicationHeLa cellsNeighboring cellsProteinSmall familyAnchored formCell lines