Cell attachment activity of fibronectin can be duplicated by small synthetic fragments of the molecule
Abstract
The ability of fibronectin to bind cells can be accounted for by the tetrapeptide L-arginyl-glycyl-L-aspartyl-L-serine, a sequence which is part of the cell attachment domain of fibronectin and present in at least five other proteins. This tetrapeptide may constitute a cellular recognition determinant common to several proteins.
- Publication:
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Nature
- Pub Date:
- May 1984
- DOI:
- 10.1038/309030a0
- Bibcode:
- 1984Natur.309...30P