A point mutation in the extracellular domain activates LET-23, the Caenorhabditis elegans epidermal growth factor receptor homolog

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 529-537

  Katz, Wendy S ^a,c   Lesa, Giovanni M ^a   Yannoukakos, Drakoulis ^b,d   Clandinin, Thomas R ^a   Schlessinger, Joseph ^b   Sternberg, Paul W ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d INSTITUTE OF NANOSCIENCE AND NANOTECHNOLOGY   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR;

ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DOMAIN;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

EID: 0030026887     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.16.2.529     Document Type: Article

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