Structure-function analysis of Eiger, the Drosophila TNF homolog

Cell Research

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 392-394

  Narasimamurthy, Rajesh ^a   Geuking, Peter ^a   Ingold, Karine ^b   Willen, Laure ^b   Schneider, Pascal ^b   Basler, Konrad ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DROSOPHILA PROTEIN; EIGER PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; LETTER; METABOLISM; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

ANIMALS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 61849092639     PISSN: 10010602     EISSN: 17487838     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/cr.2009.16     Document Type: Letter

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