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April 1, 1992GeneticsOpen Access

Size polymorphisms due to changes in the number of O-glycosylated tandem repeats in the Dictyostelium discoideum glycoprotein PsA.

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The molecular weight polymorphism in the Dictyostelium discoideum cell surface glycoprotein PsA is due to incremental copies of an O-glycosylated tandem tetrapeptide repeat.

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AGAndrew A. GooleyTasmanian Land ConservancyRMR MarshchalekKWKeith L. WilliamsExeter Hospital

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No immediate clinical implications; extends molecular mechanisms of glycoprotein variation in model organisms.

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Gooley et al. (1992) studied this question. The molecular weight polymorphism in the Dictyostelium discoideum cell surface glycoprotein PsA is due to incremental copies of an O-glycosylated tandem tetrapeptide repeat.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a9bf0b73b84af7c13623c8ahttps://doi.org/10.1093/genetics/130.4.749
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