Substitution of foreign protein sequences into a chimeric toxin composed of transforming growth factor alpha and Pseudomonas exotoxin. |
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| Authors: | W Debinski C B Siegall D Fitzgerald and I Pastan |
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| Institution: | Laboratory of Molecular Biology, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892. |
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| Abstract: | TGF alpha-PE40 is a chimeric toxin made by replacing domain Ia of Pseudomonas exotoxin (PE) with transforming growth factor alpha (TGF alpha). We have now replaced a portion of domain Ib of PE with different polypeptides or an extra domain III of PE in transforming growth factor alpha-PE40 and maintained cell killing. Thus, TGF alpha-PE40 can be used to transport foreign protein sequences into the cytosol of cells. |
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