Quaternary structure of the insulin-insulin receptor complex

Science

Volumn 285, Issue 5430, 1999, Pages 1077-1080

  Luo, Robert Z T ^a   Beniac, Daniel R ^a   Fernandes, Allan ^a   Yip, Cecil C ^a   Ottensmeyer, F P ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INSULIN; INSULIN RECEPTOR;

ARTICLE; AUTOPHOSPHORYLATION; BINDING SITE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HORMONE PROTEIN COMPLEX; INSULIN BINDING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN QUATERNARY STRUCTURE; RECEPTOR BINDING; RECEPTOR INTRINSIC ACTIVITY; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

BINDING SITES; CATALYTIC DOMAIN; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; DIMERIZATION; GOLD; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INSULIN; LIGANDS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING TRANSMISSION; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN-TYROSINE KINASES; RECEPTOR, INSULIN;

EID: 0033551898     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.285.5430.1077     Document Type: Article

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