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SUBMITTER: Gray PW
PROVIDER: S-EPMC54750 | biostudies-other | 1990 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 19901001 19
The cDNA for one of the receptors for human tumor necrosis factor (TNF) has been isolated. This cDNA encodes a protein of 455 amino acids that is divided into an extracellular domain of 171 residues and a cytoplasmic domain of 221 residues. The extracellular domain has been engineered for expression in mammalian cells, and this recombinant derivative binds TNF alpha with high affinity and inhibits its cytotoxic activity in vitro. The TNF receptor exhibits similarity with a family of cell surface ...[more]