Structural insights into semaphorins and their receptors

Seminars in Cell and Developmental Biology

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 139-145

  Siebold, Christian ^a   Jones, E Yvonne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cell surface receptor; Crystal structure; Molecular mechanism; Protein interactions

Indexed keywords

GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; PLEXIN; RHO FACTOR; SEMAPHORIN;

BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOPHYSICS; CELL SURFACE; CYTOPLASM; HUMAN; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84875608683     PISSN: 10849521     EISSN: 10963634     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.semcdb.2012.11.003     Document Type: Review

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