Repelling class discrimination: Ephrin-A5 binds to and activates EphB2 receptor signaling

Nature Neuroscience

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 501-509

  Himanen, Juha Pekka ^a   Chumley, Michael J ^b   Lackmann, Martin ^c,f   Li, Chen ^a   Barton, William A ^a   Jeffrey, Phillip D ^a   Vearing, Christopher ^c,f   Geleick, Detlef ^c   Feldheim, David A ^d   Boyd, Andrew W ^e   Henkemeyer, Mark ^b   Nikolov, Dimitar B ^a  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e ROYAL BRISBANE AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^f MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPHRIN A5; EPHRIN B2; EPHRIN RECEPTOR B2; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; AUTOPHOSPHORYLATION; BINDING AFFINITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MODEL; MOUSE; NEURITE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CELL LINE; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GEL; CHROMATOGRAPHY, ION EXCHANGE; CRICETINAE; CRICETULUS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHORESIS; EPHRIN-A5; EPHRIN-B2; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; HUMANS; INFECTION; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; MICE; NEURITES; NEUROBLASTOMA; PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN BINDING; RECEPTOR, EPHA3; RECEPTOR, EPHB2; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SINDBIS VIRUS; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; TIME FACTORS; TRANSFECTION; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 11144354644     PISSN: 10976256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nn1237     Document Type: Article

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