Structure of the active core of human stem cell factor and analysis of binding to its receptor Kit

EMBO Journal

Volumn 19, Issue 13, 2000, Pages 3192-3203

  Jiang, Xuliang ^a,c   Gurel, Ogan ^a,d   Mendiaz, Elizabeth A ^b   Stearns, George W ^b   Clogston, Christi L ^b   Lu, Hsieng S ^b   Osslund, Timothy D ^b   Syed, Rashid S ^b   Langley, Keith E ^b   Hendrickson, Wayne A ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b AMGEN INC   (United States)

^c Ares Advanced Technology   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Crystal structure; Helical cytokine; Hematopoiesis; Multiwavelength anomalous diffraction (MAD); Stem cell factor

Indexed keywords

COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR 1; CYTOKINE; DIMER; GRANULOCYTE MACROPHAGE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 5; PLATELET DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR; STEM CELL FACTOR; STEM CELL FACTOR RECEPTOR; VASCULOTROPIN;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; HEMATOPOIESIS; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE;

EID: 0034600806     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/19.13.3192     Document Type: Article

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