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Human insulin receptor and its relationship to the tyrosine kinase family of oncogenes

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We have deduced the entire 1,370-amino-acid sequence of the human insulin receptor precursor from a single complementary DNA clone. The precursor starts with a 27-amino-acid signal sequence, followed by the receptor α-subunit, a precursor processing enzyme cleavage site, then the β-subunit containing a single 23-amino-acid transmembrane sequence. There are sequence homologies to human epidermal growth factor receptor and the members of the src family of oncogene products.

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Ullrich, A., Bell, J., Chen, E. et al. Human insulin receptor and its relationship to the tyrosine kinase family of oncogenes. Nature 313, 756–761 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1038/313756a0

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