Structure and functional relevance of the Slit2 homodimerization domain

EMBO Reports

Volumn 10, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 736-741

  Seiradake, Elena ^a   von Philipsborn, Anne C ^b   Henry, Maud ^a   Fritz, Martin ^b   Lortat Jacob, Hugues ^c   Jamin, Marc ^a   Hemrika, Wieger ^d   Bastmeyer, Martin ^b   Cusack, Stephen ^a   McCarthy, Andrew A ^a  

^a EUROPEAN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KARLSRUHE   (Germany)

^c INSTITUT DE BIOLOGIE STRUCTURALE   (France)

^d U Protein Express BV   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; HEPARAN SULFATE; LYSINE; ROUNDABOUT RECEPTOR; SLIT2 PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CHICK; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DIMERIZATION; LAMELLIPODIUM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; RETINA GANGLION CELL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

CONSERVED SEQUENCE; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX PROTEINS; HEPARITIN SULFATE; HUMANS; INTERCELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; PROTEIN MULTIMERIZATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; PROTEOGLYCANS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; STATIC ELECTRICITY; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP;

EID: 67650079602     PISSN: 1469221X     EISSN: 14693178     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/embor.2009.95     Document Type: Article

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