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  • noun Plural form of ectodomain.

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Examples

  • Lrig proteins contain evolutionarily conserved ectodomains harboring both leucine-rich repeats and immunoglobulin domains, suggesting an ability to bind to common partners.

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  • Notch ectodomains were cloned into the pLEXm mammalian expression vector with C-terminal His

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  • E1 and E2 are type-I transmembrane (TM) glycoproteins, with N-terminal ectodomains and a short C-terminal TM domain.

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  • For example, tumor necrosis factor-α converting enzyme (TACE / ADAM17) is essential for the phorbol ester-stimulated shedding of the ectodomains of various membrane-anchored proteins

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