PURIFICATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF ERYTHROID-DIFFERENTIATION FACTOR (EDF) ISOLATED FROM HUMAN-LEUKEMIA CELL-LINE THP-1
PURIFICATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF ERYTHROID-DIFFERENTIATION FACTOR (EDF) ISOLATED FROM HUMAN-LEUKEMIA CELL-LINE THP-1
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DOI:
10.1016/0006-291x(87)91528-2
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发表时间:
1987-02-13
影响因子:
3.1
通讯作者:
SHIBAI, H
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作者:
ETO, Y;TSUJI, T;SHIBAI, H
We isolated a protein, from a cell line of human origin, which exhibits extensive differentiation inducing activity toward Friend leukemia cells. The protein, called Erythroid Differentiation Factor (EDF), was found in a 4 day culture of THP-1 cells performed in the presence of 4.beta.-phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate (PMA). EDF is a homodimer of a molecular weight of 25,000 with an NH2-terminal sequence identical to that of the .beta.A-chain of porcine Inhibin. It was suggested that a single protein species is responsible for the activities of both EDF and FRP, a FSH releasing protein isolated from porcine ovarian follicular fluid.