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Sangeetha Sukumari-Ramesh1, Ellen K LeMosy
1Department of Cellular Biology and Anatomy, Medical College of Georgia, 1120 15th Street, CB1101, Augusta GA 30912, USA. elemosy@mcg.edu
Protein and Peptide Letters
|April 10, 2009
Abstract:
The Drosophila proteases Gastrulation Defective and Snake function in embryonic polarity establishment and bind heparin, a surrogate for anionic species present in the extracellular matrix. Here we demonstrate binding of GD, but not Snake, to anionic species that appear to be tightly associated with a highly purified eggshell matrix.
