Abstract
The primary structure of a 38 kDa heparin-binding domain from human plasma fibronectin has been determined. This domain contains 380 residues arranged in three type-III homology regions of approx. 90 residues each, and a 67-amino-acid C-terminal segment. This segment has been shown to be encoded by certain mRNA species only, due to alternative splicing [Kornblihtt, Vibe-Pedersen & Baralle (1984) Nucleic Acids Research 12, 5853-5868], and therefore represents a region of heterogeneity in fibronectin. Our data indicate that at least one of the constituent polypeptide chains contains this region.
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