Crystals of the neurotrophins

Protein Science

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 973-977

  Robinson, Robert C ^a,c   Radziejewski, Czeslaw ^b   Stuart, David I ^a   Jones, E Yvonne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b REGENERON PHARMACEUTICALS INC   (United States)

^c SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

crystallography; nerve growth factor; receptor; Trk

Indexed keywords

NERVE GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; NEUROTROPHIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

EID: 0029875550     PISSN: 09618368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pro.5560050520     Document Type: Article

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