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. 1979 Mar 1;177(3):985–988. doi: 10.1042/bj1770985

N-terminal sequences of uteroglobin and its precursor.

M Atger, J C Mercier, G Haze, F Fridlansky, E Milgrom
PMCID: PMC1186467  PMID: 571719

Abstract

Translation of uteroglobin mRNA in wheat-germ extract has yielded a precursor protein (pre-uteroglobin) containing an N-terminal extension of 21 amino acid residues. The sequence of this extension and that of the 50 N-terminal amino acid residues of uteroglobin have been determined.

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