The ß subunit of human granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor receptor forms a homodimer and is activated via association with the α subunit

Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 183, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 1911-1916

  Muto, Akihiko ^a   Watanabe, Sumiko ^a   Miyajima, Atsushi ^b   Yokota, Takashi ^a   Arai, Ken Ichi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b MERCK RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GRANULOCYTE MACROPHAGE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; RECEPTOR SUBUNIT;

ALPHA CHAIN; ARTICLE; BETA CHAIN; CELL PROLIFERATION; CROSS LINKING; ENZYME SUBUNIT; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MACROPHAGE ACTIVATION; OLIGOMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; STOICHIOMETRY;

CROSS-LINKING REAGENTS; HUMANS; MUTAGENESIS; PRECIPITIN TESTS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; RECEPTORS, GRANULOCYTE-MACROPHAGE COLONY-STIMULATING FACTOR; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS;

EID: 0029863519     PISSN: 00221007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1084/jem.183.4.1911     Document Type: Article

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