Neuropilins lock secreted semaphorins onto plexins in a ternary signaling complex

Nature Structural and Molecular Biology

Volumn 19, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1293-1299

  Janssen, Bert J C ^a,c   Malinauskas, Tomas ^a   Weir, Greg A ^b   Cader, M Zameel ^b   Siebold, Christian ^a   Jones, E Yvonne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIMER; NEUROPILIN; PLEXIN; SEMAPHORIN; SEMAPHORIN 3A;

ARTICLE; COMPLEX FORMATION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DIMERIZATION; OLIGOMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; MODELS, MOLECULAR; NEUROPILINS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; SEMAPHORINS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84870784265     PISSN: 15459993     EISSN: 15459985     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nsmb.2416     Document Type: Article

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