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Heparin releases heparan sulfate from the cell surface

Journal Article · · Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun.; (United States)
Heparan sulfate of the cell surface of cultured Chinese hamster cells (line CHO) was promptly released when the cells were incubated with balanced salt solutions containg heparin. The released heparan sulfate included multichain proteoglycan of high molecular weight. The data suggest that the cell-surface localization of heparan sulfate is dependent, at least in part, upon cell-surface receptors with binding sites for the sugar chain moieties of sulfated glycosaminoglycans.
Research Organization:
Los Alamos Scientific Lab., NM
OSTI ID:
5039568
Journal Information:
Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun.; (United States), Journal Name: Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun.; (United States) Vol. 78:4; ISSN BBRCA
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English