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W. Seufert, J. Jentsch, "Ubiquitin-conjugating enzymes UBC4 and UBC5 mediate selective degradation of short-lived and abnormal proteins," EMBO Journal, 9, 543-50, February 1990. (Max-Planck-Gesellschaft, Tübingen, W.Ger.)
G. Fuh, M.G. Mulkerrin, S. Bass, N. McFarland, et al., "The human growth hormone receptor: secretion from Escherichia coli and disulfide bonding pattern of the extracellular binding domain," Journal of Biological Chemistry, 265, 3111-15, 25 February 1990. (Genentech, South San Francisco, Calif.)
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