Similarities and differences in the way transmembrane-type ligands interact with the Elk subclass of Eph receptors

Molecular and Cellular Neurosciences

Volumn 8, Issue 2-3, 1996, Pages 199-209

  Brambilla, Riccardo ^a   Brückner, Katja ^a   Orioli, Donata ^a   Bergemann, Andrew D ^b,c   Flanagan, John G ^b   Klein, Rüdiger ^a  

^a EUROPEAN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY   (Germany)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE;

ARTICLE; CELL TRANSFORMATION; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; LIGAND BINDING; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR BINDING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

CERVUS ELAPHUS; MUS MUSCULUS;

EID: 0030221512     PISSN: 10447431     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/mcne.1996.0057     Document Type: Article

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