Early evolutionary origin of the neurotrophin receptor family

EMBO Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 2534-2542

  Van Kesteren, Ronald E ^a   Fainzilber, Michael ^b,e   Hauser, Garry ^c   Van Minnen, Jan ^a   Vreugdenhil, Erno ^d   Smit, August B ^a   Lbáñez, Carlos F ^b   Geraerts, Wijnand P M ^a   Bulloch, Andrew G M ^c  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^d LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^e WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

Author keywords

Gastropod mollusc; Growth factor receptor; Ltrk; Neurotrophin 3; Receptor tyrosine kinase

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CYSTEINE; LEUCINE; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; NEUROTROPHIN 3; NEUROTROPHIN RECEPTOR; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL STRAIN COS1; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EVOLUTION; FIBROBLAST; LYMNAEA; MOLLUSC; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; RECEPTOR AFFINITY; RECEPTOR BINDING; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; COS CELLS; DROSOPHILA; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE LIBRARY; HUMANS; INVERTEBRATES; LYMNAEA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NERVE GROWTH FACTORS; NEUROTROPHIN 3; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; RECEPTOR PROTEIN-TYROSINE KINASES; RECEPTORS, NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSFECTION; VERTEBRATES;

ANIMALIA; GASTROPODA; INVERTEBRATA; LYMNAEA; LYMNAEA STAGNALIS; MAMMALIA; MOLLUSCA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0032080023     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/17.9.2534     Document Type: Article

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