The N-terminal globular domain of Eph receptors is sufficient for ligand binding and receptor signaling

EMBO Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 13, 1997, Pages 3889-3897

  Labrador, Juan Pablo ^a   Brambilla, Riccardo ^a   Klein, Rüdiger ^a  

^a EUROPEAN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Eph; Ligand; Receptor; Signal transduction; Tyrosine kinase

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; LIGAND; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING SITE; EMBRYO PATTERN FORMATION; LIGAND BINDING; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

3T3 CELLS; ANIMALS; BINDING SITES; COS CELLS; EPHRIN-B1; HUMANS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICE; MUTAGENESIS; RECEPTOR PROTEIN-TYROSINE KINASES; RECEPTOR, EPHA3; RECEPTOR, EPHB2; RECEPTOR, EPHB5; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 0030962317     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/16.13.3889     Document Type: Article

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