The structures of the neurotrophin 4 homodimer and the brain-derived neurotrophic factor/neurotrophin 4 heterodimer reveal a common Trk-binding site

Protein Science

Volumn 8, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 2589-2597

  Robinson, Robert C ^a   Radziejewski, Czeslaw ^b   Spraggon, Glen ^c   Greenwald, Jason ^a,c   Kostura, Mikey R ^a,c   Burtnick, Leslie D ^d   Stuart, David I ^e   Choe, Senyon ^a   Jones, E Yvonne ^e  

^a SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES   (United States)

^b REGENERON PHARMACEUTICALS INC   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Crystallography; Nerve growth factor; Receptor

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CELL SURFACE RECEPTOR; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; NEUROTROPHIN 3; NEUROTROPHIN 4;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; RECEPTOR BINDING;

EID: 0033407459     PISSN: 09618368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1110/ps.8.12.2589     Document Type: Article

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