Structural insights into the common γ-chain family of cytokines and receptors from the interleukin-7 pathway

Immunological Reviews

Volumn 250, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 303-316

  Walsh, Scott T R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BIOTECHNOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer; Common chain family; Interleukin 7; Interleukin 7 receptor; Structures

Indexed keywords

AMINO TERMINAL PRO BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE; INTERLEUKIN 15 RECEPTOR ALPHA; INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 2 RECEPTOR ALPHA; INTERLEUKIN 2 RECEPTOR BETA; INTERLEUKIN 21 RECEPTOR ALPHA; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 4 RECEPTOR ALPHA; INTERLEUKIN 7; INTERLEUKIN 7 RECEPTOR; INTERLEUKIN 7 RECEPTOR ALPHA;

ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DISULFIDE BOND; GAIN OF FUNCTION MUTATION; GLYCOSYLATION; HUMAN; HYDROGEN BOND; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

BINDING SITES; GLYCOSYLATION; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-7; KINETICS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN MULTIMERIZATION; RECEPTORS, INTERLEUKIN-7; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STATIC ELECTRICITY; T-LYMPHOCYTES; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 84867435079     PISSN: 01052896     EISSN: 1600065X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-065X.2012.01160.x     Document Type: Article

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